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Chronica majora

Matthew Paris author Henry Richards Luard editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Nov '12

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This seven-volume work, published 1872–83, is a rich source for English history from the Creation to 1259.

Matthew Paris compiled and illustrated this chronicle of English history from the Creation to his death in 1259. This seven-volume edition of the Latin text was published between 1872 and 1883. Volume 7 contains a comprehensive index, a glossary, and errata and addenda.A Church of England clergyman and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Henry Richards Luard (1825–91) edited a number of works in the Rolls Series, for which he was noted for the quality of his indexing and the depth of his commentary. This seven-volume work, first published between 1872 and 1883, has been hailed as one of the best editions in the series. It is a rich source for English history from the Creation to 1259, written by England's greatest medieval historian. Matthew Paris (c.1200–59) became a monk at St Albans in 1217 and had access to a wide variety of documents as an acquaintance of such men as Bishop Robert Grosseteste and King Henry III, whom he knew well. Volume 7 contains a comprehensive index, a glossary, and errata and addenda.

ISBN: 9781108049054

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 39mm

Weight: 1010g

696 pages