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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 traces the arrival of the Trojan Brutus on
British soil, tells of the battles of Arthur and concludes with the
death of Cadwaladr in 682. Published as part of a two-volume set in
1887, Volume 1 takes the narrative up to Arthur's time and includes
an introduction and modern English side-notes by the scholar
Frederick James Furnivall (1825 1910).
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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The Pilgrimage of the Life of man, Englisht by John Lydgate, A.D. 1426, From the French of Guillaume de Deguileville, A.D. 1330, 1355. The Text ed. by F.J. Furnivall. With Introduction, Notes, Glossary and Indexes by Katharine B. Locock (Hardcover)
Frederick James Furnivall, John Lydgate, Katharine Beatrice Locock
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