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Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An Edition, Translation and Study of John of
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Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An Edition, Translation and Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates Paperback - 2009

by James P. Carley; David Townsend


From the publisher

John of Glastonbury's chronicle represents an attempt to summarise the lore and learning about Glastonbury Abbey and its past available in the fourteenth century, a body of knowledge which changed very little before the Reformation. The author drew on a large number of sources and edited these skilfully to form his narrative, while preserving the earlier text almost intact. The result is the fullest medieval account of the abbey and its legends. A translation is included, which makes the important text available in English for the first time, and the whole volume is designed as a companion to John Scott's edition and translation of William of Malmesbury's twelfth-century account of the abbey's history.

Details

  • Title Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An Edition, Translation and Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica Sive Antiquitates
  • Author James P. Carley; David Townsend
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Boydell Press, Suffolk
  • Date 2009-02
  • ISBN 9780851158594 / 0851158595
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 x 0.85 in (23.50 x 15.88 x 2.16 cm)