The History of Alfred of Beverley
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2023
438 pages
978-1-80010-896-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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John Slevin
The History of Alfred of Beverley
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01/2023
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Slevin John:
John Slevin completed his PhD on the Historical Writing of Alfred of Beverley at the University of Exeter in 2013.Lockyer Lynda:
Lynda Lockyer completed her PhD in Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History at the Warburg Institute in 2013.
John Slevin completed his PhD on the Historical Writing of Alfred of Beverley at the University of Exeter in 2013.Lockyer Lynda:
Lynda Lockyer completed her PhD in Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History at the Warburg Institute in 2013.
Content
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
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
