Chronicon Anonymi Cantuariensis The Chronicle of Anonymous of Canterbury 1346-1365

by Given-Wilson, Chris; Scott-Stokes, Charity

• ISBN13: 9780199297146
• ISBN10: 0199297142
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This is the first complete edition of the Chronicon Anonymi Cantuariensis, a contemporary narrative that provides valuable insights into medieval war and diplomacy, written at Canterbury shortly after the mid-fourteenth century. The previous edition, published in 1914, was based on a manuscript from which the text for the years 1357 to 1364 was missing. Presented here in full with a modern English translation, the chronicle provides a key narrative of military and political events covering the years from 1346 to 1365. Concentrating principally on the campaigns of the Hundred Years War and their impact upon the inhabitants of south-east England, the author took advantage of his position on the main news route between London and Paris to provide a detailed account of a crucial phase in British and European history.

Author Biography

Professor Chris Given-Wilson is Professor of Late Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. Dr Charity Scott-Stokes is Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
The Manuscripts	p. xii
The Chronicler's Sources	p. xx
Subject Matter and Approach	p. xxix
Dating, Structure, and Location	p. xxxv
Authorship	p. xxxix
Historical Value and the Canterbury Context	p. xlvii
Editorial Conventions	p. lv
Sigla	p. lvii
Text and Translation Chronicon Anonymi Cantvariensis: The Chronicle of Anonymous of Canterbury	p. 1
The Battle of Najera, 1367	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 157
General Index	p. 161
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