Storbritanniens & Irlands historia
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An edition with introduction, English translation, and notes by D. E. Luscombe.
Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text by: Clover, Helen; Unknown function: Gibson, Margaret
Godric of Finchdale was a hermit, merchant, and medieval saint. His life was recorded by Benedictine monk Reginald of Durham, but the work has hitherto only been available in …
De gestis Giraldi is a narrative of the deeds of Gerald of Wales (c. 1146-1223), written in the third person but actually by Gerald himself, and framed as the biography of a bishop …
The Vita Edwardi Secundi is the best and most readable of the chronicles of the reign of Edward II, and throws a fascinating light on the world of high politics. The anonymous …
The monastery of Walden was founded c.1136 by Geoffrey de Mandeville, a prominent baron in the civil war of Stephen's reign. Its site just outside the town of Saffron Walden in …
Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (The History of the English Bishops) is a modern edition of one of the most important medieval texts written c. 1125 by one of England's key historians of …
With a facing-page English translation from the Latin text and also an introduction and notes by R. H. C. Davis.
Edited and translated by: Douie, Decima L.; Unknown function: Farmer, D. H.
The two texts edited here are previously unprinted accounts of the miracles of St Æbba of Coldingham and St Margaret of Scotland. Both saints were Anglo-Saxon royal ladies and both …