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Richard of Cirencester (c.1335-1400) wrote his Latin history of the
deeds of the English kings while he was a Benedictine monk at St
Peter's, Westminster. His work is largely unoriginal and derivative
of other historians, but it does contain valuable information about
Westminster Abbey, as well as a full account of the saints whose
tombs were to be seen in the abbey church. The fourth (and last)
book concentrates solely on the reign and deeds of Edward the
Confessor. Although Richard expresses an intention to continue his
story in a fifth book, beginning with William the Conqueror, there
is no evidence that he ever did so. This first volume of a
two-volume work, edited by the scholar John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor
(1825-1910) and published in 1863, covers the period from the
legendary accession of Vortigern in 447 up to the death of Ethelred
of Wessex in 871.
Richard of Cirencester (c.1335-1400) wrote his Latin history of the
deeds of the English kings while he was a Benedictine monk at St
Peter's, Westminster. His work is largely unoriginal and derivative
of other historians, but it does contain valuable information about
Westminster Abbey, as well as a full account of the saints whose
tombs were to be seen in the abbey church. The fourth (and last)
book concentrates solely on the reign and deeds of Edward the
Confessor. Although Richard expresses an intention to continue his
story in a fifth book, beginning with William the Conqueror, there
is no evidence that he ever did so. This second volume, published
in 1869, includes a lengthy preface by editor John Eyton
Bickersteth Mayor (1825-1910) in which he discusses the work De
situ Britanniae, once attributed to Richard, and establishes that
it is in fact an eighteenth-century forgery.
A masterpiece of rhetoric and an impassioned defence of faith in
the face of persecution, this work represents a key work in the
Latin patristic canon. Addressing the magistrates of the Roman
court, Tertullian submits 'the real facts in the case of the
Christians', defending the legitimacy of the new faith while
charging its detractors with hypocrisy and worse. Scathing,
eloquent and defiant, the Apology demonstrates the importance of
classical rhetoric to the identity of the controversial religion
and its recent converts. This edition (1917), accompanied by a
complete commentary by J. E. B. Mayor and translation by Alexander
Souter, has been called 'by the far the best commentary ever
published' on the work. Published posthumously from Mayor's
extensive Cambridge lecture notes, the commentary is a starting
point for anyone seeking a full understanding of the text's
critical history. Souter's English translation makes it accessible
to experts and non-experts alike.
The second edition of John Mayor's 1853 commentary on the Roman
satirist Juvenal was published in the years 1872 to 1879, and
according to the author's preface was intended as a precursor to an
even larger-scale study. Thirteen of Juvenal's satires are featured
here (Satires 2, 6 and 9 are omitted) and a thorough commentary is
given for each, guiding the reader through the poet's intricate
language and a dense web of historical and mythological allusions.
Mayor (1825 1910), who was elected Professor of Latin at Cambridge
in 1872 and became one of the original Fellows of the British
Academy, applied his extensive knowledge of thought and life in
Imperial Rome to make this difficult material more approachable.
Volume 1 contains the text of the satires, and Mayor's notes on the
first five pieces in his selection.
The second edition of John Mayor's 1853 commentary on the Roman
satirist Juvenal was published in the years 1872 to 1879, and
according to the author's preface was intended as a precursor to an
even larger-scale study. Thirteen of Juvenal's satires are featured
here (Satires 2, 6 and 9 are omitted) and a thorough commentary is
given for each, guiding the reader through the poet's intricate
language and a dense web of historical and mythological allusions.
Mayor (1825 1910), who was elected Professor of Latin at Cambridge
in 1872 and became one of the original Fellows of the British
Academy, applied his extensive knowledge of thought and life in
Imperial Rome to make this difficult material more approachable.
Volume 2 contains Mayor's notes on Satires 8 and 10 16.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1870 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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