Bibliograph

Willelmi Rishanger chronica et annales, Regnantibus Henrico Tertio et Edwardo Primo, AD 1259–1307, Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, William Rishanger

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Label

Willelmi Rishanger chronica et annales, Regnantibus Henrico Tertio et Edwardo Primo, AD 1259–1307, Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, William Rishanger

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Willelmi Rishanger chronica et annales

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1103603118

Responsibility statement

Edited by Henry Thomas Riley, William Rishanger

Series statement

Cambridge library collection. RollsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

Regnantibus Henrico Tertio et Edwardo Primo, AD 1259–1307

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'. William Rishanger was a monk at the abbey in the second half of the thirteenth century, but the canon of his writings is still not definitively established as the manuscripts were rebound several times, and much of his output was reworked in later medieval texts. Several items attributed to him in this 1865 publication are preserved, uniquely, in MS. Cotton. Claudius D. vi. The texts record events from Henry III's peace treaty with France in 1259 to the coronation of Robert the Bruce and the English invasion of Scotland in 1306. They include fascinating details about political alliances, ecclesiastical promotions, and the Templars. The Latin texts are accompanied by English side-notes, an introduction, a glossary and an index.--, Provided by publisher

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