Chronicon anonymi Cantvariensis The chronicle of anonymous of Canterbury, 1346-1365
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Chronicon anonymi Cantvariensis = The chronicle of anonymous of Canterbury, 1346-1365
（Oxford medieval texts）
Clarendon Press, 2008
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Chronicon anonymi Cantuariensis
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Latin text and English translation on opposite pages; introduction and notes in English
Bibliography: p. [157]-160
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first complete edition of the Chronicon Anonymi Cantuariensis, a contemporary narrative that provides valuable insights into medieval war and diplomacy, written at Canterbury shortly after the mid-fourteenth century. The previous edition, published in 1914, was based on a manuscript from which the text for the years 1357 to 1364 was missing. Presented here in full with a modern English translation, the chronicle provides a key narrative of
military and political events covering the years from 1346 to 1365.
Concentrating principally on the campaigns of the Hundred Years War and their impact upon the inhabitants of south-east England, the author took advantage of his position on the main news route between London and Paris to provide a detailed account of a crucial phase in British and European history.
Table of Contents
- Abbreviated References
- Introduction
- 1. The Manuscripts
- 2. The Chronicler's Sources
- 3. Subject-Matter and Approach
- 4. Dating, Structure and Location
- 5. Authorship
- 6. Historical Value and the Canterbury Context
- 7. Editorial Conventions
- Sigla of Manuscripts
- Text and Translation
- Appendix: The Battle of Najera, 1367
- General Index
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