Robert Manning (died c.1338) was a Gilbertine monk from
Lincolnshire whose early English verse writings make him a notable
forerunner of Chaucer. The first part of his Chronicle or Story of
England translates into Middle English rhymed couplets Geoffrey of
Monmouth's fabulous Latin history, as retold in the Roman de Brut
of Wace, with some additions from Bede. Manning's express purpose
is to let the people know which of their kings 'were fools and
which were wise'. Beginning with the genealogy of the earliest
British kings, he takes the story up to the death of Cadwaladr in
682. This edition, published in two volumes in 1887, was edited
with an introduction and modern English side-notes by the scholar
Frederick James Furnivall (1825 1910). Volume 2 also includes
indexes of rhymes, names and subjects, as well as a glossary of
Middle English words.
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