The illustrated chronicles of Matthew Paris : observations of thirteenth-century life

Author(s)

• Paris, Matthew
• Vaughan, Richard

Bibliographic Information

The illustrated chronicles of Matthew Paris : observations of thirteenth-century life

translated, edited and with an introduction by Richard Vaughan ; illustrations selected by Nigel Wilkins ; photography by Ian Cannell

A. Sutton , Corpus Christi College, 1993

Other Title

Chronica majora

Note

Re-issue of Chronicles of Matthew Paris, published in 1984, but without the "Deeds of the Abbots of St Alban's," and with many of Matthew Paris's own marginal illustrations to his chronicle reprodued in colour

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora is one of the most valuable sources of our knowledge of 13th-century life remarkable for its detail, scope, and accounts of events in Europe as well as England. Illustrated in colour with over 100 drawings from the autograph manuscript of the chronicles.

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• NCID: BA23086982
• ISBN:
  • 0750902760
• LCCN: 93002530
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Dover, NH,Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 210 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA220
  • DC20 : 942
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- 13th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : England -- Social life and customs -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Sources
  • LCSH : Thirteenth century -- Sources