Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. Transcrib'd and Now First Published. From a MS. In the Harleyan Library 2 volumes complete 1724

Thomas Hearne

Verlag: the Theater; Mercier and Chervet, 1724

Beschreibung

Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. Transcrib'd and Now First Published. From a MS. In the Harleyan Library 2 volumes complete by Thomas Hearne to which is added besides a glossary and other improvements, a continuation by the author himself of this chronicle from a MS in the Cottonian Library. Very rare first edition.Pages clean with minor toning, ex-library with stamp to front space and bookplate inside front board, contemporary rebinding with binding tape encompassing the entire spinesThe Chronicle was of considerable interest to contemporaries and antiquarian scholars. Although an early generation of antiquarians including Thomas Hearne found the chronicle interesting, its reputation later faded. Somewhat perversely, it was not until after the text was edited by William Aldis Wright that its neglect - "worthless as history" and "verse without one spark of poetry" according to its editor - became widespread.[6]Historically, the text is of interest primarily for materials relating to the Second Barons' War, to which the author (or an author of a portion of the text) seems to have been a witness. The first part of the Chronicle translates materials from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, narrating fabulous British history. The majority of English/Anglo-Saxon history is compiled from the works of Henry of Huntingdon and William of Malmesbury, and the post-Conquest portions are translated from numerous sources densely interwoven with original text Pages clean with minor toning, e. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers robertgloucester

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Titel: Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. ...

Verlag: the Theater; Mercier and Chervet

Erscheinungsdatum: 1724

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: First Edition.