Bibliograph

Ypodigma Neustriae, A Thoma Walsingham, quondam monacho monasterii S. Albani, conscriptum, Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, Thomas Walsingham

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Label

Ypodigma Neustriae, A Thoma Walsingham, quondam monacho monasterii S. Albani, conscriptum, Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, Thomas Walsingham

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ypodigma Neustriae

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1103564229

Responsibility statement

Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, Thomas Walsingham

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. RollsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

A Thoma Walsingham, quondam monacho monasterii S. Albani, conscriptum

Summary

Between 1863 and 1876, the Rolls Series published several works from or about the abbey of St Albans, edited by Henry Thomas Riley (1816–78) under the rubric 'Chronica Monasterii S. Albani', several of them by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340–c.1422), who supervised the scriptorium at St Albans until 1394 and wrote in Latin on subjects including history, classics and music. This edition of Thomas' last historical work appeared in 1876. A digest of mainly English history from the ninth century to 1419, it contains a dedication to Henry V that emphasises his dynasty's Norman origins and his recent reconquest of Normandy, the 'Neustria' of the title. It contains records of sea and land battles, conspiracies and heresies, weather events and comets, and fascinating details including the appearance of a dolphin in the Thames in 1392 and a state visit to England by the Emperor of Constantinople.--, Provided by publisher

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