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Annales Monastici - Volume 1
Contributor(s): Luard, Henry Richards (Editor)
ISBN: 1108043119     ISBN-13: 9781108043113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $65.54  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls
Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6" W x 9" (1.83 lbs) 572 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
Originally published in 1864-9, and still a standard reference work, this five-volume collection contains editions of key source texts for medieval English history, focusing mainly on the thirteenth century. Compiled in monasteries over many years, they record local, national and international events in chronological order, sometimes surprisingly briefly and at other times in great detail. The coverage includes aristocratic marriages and deaths, royal visits, appointments and acquisitions, astronomical observations, conflicts and power struggles, natural disasters, crimes, 'diabolick appearances' and excommunications. The editor, Henry Richards Luard (1825-91), an influential Cambridge clergyman and university administrator, provided introductions to the Latin texts, and sidenotes in English indicating their content. Volume 1 (1864) contains the Annals of Margan (Glamorganshire) for 1066-1232, Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire) for 1066-1263 and Burton-on-Trent (Staffordshire) for 1004-1263. As was usual, the earlier parts of each text closely follow older sources.