Liber Monasterii de Hyda
Comprising a Chronicle of the Affairs of England, from the Settlement of the Saxons to the Reign of King Cnut; and a Chartulary of the Abbey of Hyde, in Hampshire AD 455-1023
Published on 15. November 2012
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Paperback/Softback
610 pages
978-1-108-04869-9 (ISBN)
Description
Edward Edwards (1812-86), librarian, writer and utilitarian, has been described as a founder of modern librarianship. Employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library in 1861, he came across the large illuminated manuscript of the chronicle and cartulary that comprise this work, first published in 1866. The Latin text moves chronologically from 455 and the 'Legend of Albina' through six centuries of medieval English history, finishing at 1023 and the reign of King Cnut. Edwards, as editor, displays a librarian's zeal for detail: his extensive introduction provides a thorough history of Hyde Abbey, from foundation to dissolution. In the appendix, English translations of Anglo-Saxon charters and testaments (including those of Alfred the Great and King Eadred - the only known wills of Anglo-Saxon kings) provide further insight into England in the Early Middle Ages.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
977 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-04869-9 (9781108048699)
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Content
Introduction; 1. Legend of Albina; 2. De regno Cantae; 3. De regno Suthsaxoniae; 4. De regno Estsaxoniae; 5. De regno Estanglorum; 6. De regno Westsaxonum; 7. Of the kingdom of the Mercians; 8. De regno Northanhymrorum; 9. De regibus Anglorum, qui, terrenum imperium relinquentes, ad vitam monsticam se transtulerunt; 10. Unde Saxones qui in Anglia regnant traxerunt originem; 11. De monarchis; 12. Chronica Regis Adulphi; 13. Chronica Regis Alfredi; 14. Chronica Regis Edwardi Senioris; 15. Chronicle of the reign of King Athelstan; 16. Chronicle of the reign of King Edward the Elder; 17. Chronica gloriosi Regis Edredi; 18. Chronica Edwyni regis filii Edmundi regis supradicti; 19. Chronica incliti Regis Edgari, filii Edmundi superioris regis; 20. Chronica Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris, filii Edgari regis; 21. Chronica Etheldredi regis, filii Edgari regis, et fratris Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris; 22. Chronicles of the reign of King Edmund Ironside; 23. Chronica Regis Cnutonis; Appendix; Glossary of obsolete, corrupt, and obscure words, occurring in 'Liber de Hyda'; Glossarial index of the names of places and boundaries; General index.