The History of Alfred of Beverley

Herausgeber: Slevin, John / Übersetzer: Lockyer, Lynda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first modern edition of a text which shows the suspicion with which Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain was received two decades after it first appeared.

Produktdetails

• Boydell Medieval Texts
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9781783274888
• ISBN-10: 1783274883
• Artikelnr.: 64819599

Autorenporträt

Edited by J.P.T. Slevin; translated by L. Lockyer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations List of plates, figures and maps
INTRODUCTION Alfred of Beverley - Man, Milieu & Memory Date and
Circumstances of the History Sources i. Introduction ii. Henry of
Huntingdon iii. Geoffrey of Monmouth iv. John of Worcester v. The Durham
Historia Regum The Afterlife of Alfred Historical place, purpose and value
Manuscripts Editions i. Previous Edition ii. This Edition TEXT AND
TRANSLATION Appendices General Index