This book is a translation with full critical notes and a comprehensive introduction of one of the most important and interesting sources for the history of Anglo-Saxon England and for the religious movements of western Europe in the tenth century. AEthelwold was a close associate of St. Dunstan and allied with him in his reforms of the Benedictine order. Under AEthelwold's bishopric, the abbey of Winchester flourished as a major center of art and letters. Until now there has been no full translation and critical edition of this work, which was written by Wulfstan of Winchester around the...
This book is a translation with full critical notes and a comprehensive introduction of one of the most important and interesting sources for the hist...
This is a major new edition of the letters written and received between 1162 and 1170 by Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and victim of the 'murder in the cathedral'. It takes the reader to the very heart of the great dispute that rocked the English kingdom in the twelfth century.
This is a major new edition of the letters written and received between 1162 and 1170 by Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and victim of the 'mu...
This is the second volume of the first major scholarly edition of this chronicle, one of the most important sources of early English history. Volume III will cover 1067 to 1140, and Volume I, the last to be published, will have a general introduction and supplementary material.
This is the second volume of the first major scholarly edition of this chronicle, one of the most important sources of early English history. Volume I...
The Historia Anglorum by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, who was born c. 1088 and died c. 1157, has not been published in its entirety before. This critical edition, with translation and historical annotation, is preceded by an introduction which traces his career and incorporates some new discoveries about his family origins and education.
The Historia Anglorum by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, who was born c. 1088 and died c. 1157, has not been published in its entirety before. This c...