"This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period ad 450-1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which…mehr
"This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period ad 450-1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Volume 2. 1066-1500 Introduction Part I. ELEVENTH CENTURY II. 1 The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath: the Bayeux Tapestry William of Malmesbury, History of the kings of England Orderic Vitalis, Ecclesiastical History II. 2 Charters of William the Conqueror II. 3 Goscelin of Canterbury, the Book of Consolation II. 4 Domesday Book: Henry of Huntingdon, History of the English Richard FitzNigel, The Dialogue of the Exchequer Domesday Book II. 5 The Life of St. Swithun: Anonymous (prose) Anonymous (verse) II. 6 The Life of St. Birinus: Anonymous (prose) Henry of Avranches (verse) II. 7 Anselm of Canterbury: Letter to his friend Gundulf Proslogion TWELFTH CENTURY II. 8 Eadmer, The Life of St. Anselm II. 9 Sæwulf: a pilgrimage to Jerusalem II. 10 Twelfth-century law codes: Quadripartitus and the Laws of Henry I II. 11 Historiography of the early twelfth century: the disaster of the White Ship as recounted by Eadmer, William of Malmesbury, Orderic Vitalis, Symeon of Durham, Hugh the Chanter and Henry of Huntingdon II. 12 Geoffrey of Monmouth: History of the kings of Britain II. 13 Two twelfth-century Lives of St. Frideswide II. 14 Ælred of Rievaulx: Letter regarding the nun of Watton II. 15 William Fitzstephen: a description of London II. 16 Thomas Becket: Correspondence between Thomas Becket and the Empress Matilda Edward Grim and William Fitzstephen give accounts of Becket's murder II. 17 Glanvill: On the laws and customs of the kingdom of England II. 18 Richard of Devizes: Chronicle of the reign of Richard I II. 19 Walter Map, Courtiers' trifles II. 20 Hugh Nonant: Letter on the downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp THIRTEENTH CENTURY II. 21 Gerald of Wales: An account of Gerald's achievements The Jewel of the Church II. 22 Jocelin of Brakelond, Chronicle of the deeds of Abbot Samson II. 23 Medical texts: Adelard of Bath, Questions on Natural Science the Salernitan Questions II. 24 Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora: King John offers his kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco II. 25 Magna Carta II. 26 Roger of Montbegon: a life in administrative documents II. 27 Edmund of Abingdon: Speculum Religiosorum and Speculum Ecclesiae II. 28 The study of Latin and the teaching of grammar: John of Garland, Dictionary Alexander Neckam, The priest at the altar Roger Bacon, The usefulness of studying languages II. 29 A miracle at the minster of St. John of Beverley II. 30 A 1297 Visitation of Chiswick church FOURTEENTH CENTURY II. 31 King Edward I: Letter to Pope Boniface VIII on relations between England and Scotland II. 32 The trial of Alice Kyteler on a charge of witchcraft II. 33 John of Gaddesden: an operation to remove a cataract II. 34 Historiography of the fourteenth century: Henry Knighton and Thomas of Walsingham II. 35 Wills of lay men and women FIFTEENTH CENTURY II. 36 Duke Humfrey sets up home: the king's grant of furniture II. 37 The Pennal Letter of Owain Glynd¿r II. 38 Sermons: Thomas of Chobham a macaronic sermon a ghost story from a preacher's commonplace book II. 39 An heir proves his age: oral testimony in proof of age texts II. 40 A woman is tried for heresy at Norwich: a court record II. 41 Military historiography II. 42 A miracle associated with King Henry VI: a painful football injury is healed Part II. THEMES OF EVERYDAY LIFE: II. 43 The Black death and its effects II. 44 Forest documents II. 45 Manorial and agricultural documents II. 46 Town life and trade II. 47 Building construction and reparation II. 48 Royal and ecclesiastical accounts II. 49 In the courts II. 50 Safeguarding, accidents and death.
Volume 2. 1066-1500 Introduction Part I. ELEVENTH CENTURY II. 1 The Battle of Hastings and its aftermath: the Bayeux Tapestry William of Malmesbury, History of the kings of England Orderic Vitalis, Ecclesiastical History II. 2 Charters of William the Conqueror II. 3 Goscelin of Canterbury, the Book of Consolation II. 4 Domesday Book: Henry of Huntingdon, History of the English Richard FitzNigel, The Dialogue of the Exchequer Domesday Book II. 5 The Life of St. Swithun: Anonymous (prose) Anonymous (verse) II. 6 The Life of St. Birinus: Anonymous (prose) Henry of Avranches (verse) II. 7 Anselm of Canterbury: Letter to his friend Gundulf Proslogion TWELFTH CENTURY II. 8 Eadmer, The Life of St. Anselm II. 9 Sæwulf: a pilgrimage to Jerusalem II. 10 Twelfth-century law codes: Quadripartitus and the Laws of Henry I II. 11 Historiography of the early twelfth century: the disaster of the White Ship as recounted by Eadmer, William of Malmesbury, Orderic Vitalis, Symeon of Durham, Hugh the Chanter and Henry of Huntingdon II. 12 Geoffrey of Monmouth: History of the kings of Britain II. 13 Two twelfth-century Lives of St. Frideswide II. 14 Ælred of Rievaulx: Letter regarding the nun of Watton II. 15 William Fitzstephen: a description of London II. 16 Thomas Becket: Correspondence between Thomas Becket and the Empress Matilda Edward Grim and William Fitzstephen give accounts of Becket's murder II. 17 Glanvill: On the laws and customs of the kingdom of England II. 18 Richard of Devizes: Chronicle of the reign of Richard I II. 19 Walter Map, Courtiers' trifles II. 20 Hugh Nonant: Letter on the downfall of Chancellor William de Longchamp THIRTEENTH CENTURY II. 21 Gerald of Wales: An account of Gerald's achievements The Jewel of the Church II. 22 Jocelin of Brakelond, Chronicle of the deeds of Abbot Samson II. 23 Medical texts: Adelard of Bath, Questions on Natural Science the Salernitan Questions II. 24 Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora: King John offers his kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco II. 25 Magna Carta II. 26 Roger of Montbegon: a life in administrative documents II. 27 Edmund of Abingdon: Speculum Religiosorum and Speculum Ecclesiae II. 28 The study of Latin and the teaching of grammar: John of Garland, Dictionary Alexander Neckam, The priest at the altar Roger Bacon, The usefulness of studying languages II. 29 A miracle at the minster of St. John of Beverley II. 30 A 1297 Visitation of Chiswick church FOURTEENTH CENTURY II. 31 King Edward I: Letter to Pope Boniface VIII on relations between England and Scotland II. 32 The trial of Alice Kyteler on a charge of witchcraft II. 33 John of Gaddesden: an operation to remove a cataract II. 34 Historiography of the fourteenth century: Henry Knighton and Thomas of Walsingham II. 35 Wills of lay men and women FIFTEENTH CENTURY II. 36 Duke Humfrey sets up home: the king's grant of furniture II. 37 The Pennal Letter of Owain Glynd¿r II. 38 Sermons: Thomas of Chobham a macaronic sermon a ghost story from a preacher's commonplace book II. 39 An heir proves his age: oral testimony in proof of age texts II. 40 A woman is tried for heresy at Norwich: a court record II. 41 Military historiography II. 42 A miracle associated with King Henry VI: a painful football injury is healed Part II. THEMES OF EVERYDAY LIFE: II. 43 The Black death and its effects II. 44 Forest documents II. 45 Manorial and agricultural documents II. 46 Town life and trade II. 47 Building construction and reparation II. 48 Royal and ecclesiastical accounts II. 49 In the courts II. 50 Safeguarding, accidents and death.
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