Henry, Archdeacon of Huntington: Historia Anglorum The History of the English People

by Henry Archdeacon of Huntingdon; Greenway, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780198222248
• ISBN10: 0198222246
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-30
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This is the first complete edition and translation of the Historia Anglorum ( History of the English People) by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon (c. 1088-c.1157). The main narrative covers the history of England from the invasions of Julius Caesar down to the accession of King Henry II in1154, and includes the only contemporary account of the entire reign of King Stephen (1135-54). In the influential circle of successive bishops of Lincoln, Henry was often at the centre of political life - a practical man whose consciousness of the world extended far beyond the limits of hisarchdeaconry, a visitor to France and Rome. His work is a major source for events in England and Normandy in his lifetime. Henry's pages are filled with good stories, including the first written record of Cnut and the waves, and of Henry's death from a surfeit of lampreys. The final two booksconsist of poems that show Henry to be one of the finest of Anglo-Latin poets.// Henry's work has never before been published in its entirety. The 1879 edition in the Rolls series provided only a Latin text, omitted three books and other sections of the text, and failed to take account of severalmanuscripts. The critical edition in the present volume shows the author's successive revisions and continuations of his text. It is offered with parallel translation and historical notes. The introduction provides a fresh appraisal of Henry's career, incorporates new discoveries about his familyorigins and education, and assesses his importance as a poet and historian.

Table of Contents

LISTS OF TABLES AND PLATES	xi	(2)
ABBREVIATED REFERENCES	xiii	(8)
SIGLA	xxi	(2)
INTRODUCTION	xxiii	(1)
I THE CAREER OF HENRY, ARCHDEACON OF HUNTINGDON	xxiii	(34)
1. Family and Home	xxiii	(6)
2. Education	xxix	(11)
3. The Archdeacon	xl	(12)
4. The Wider World	lii	(5)
5. Death	lvii	(1)
II THE WRITINGS	lvii	(60)
1. The Historia Anglorum	lvii	(50)
i. Themes	lvii	(9)
ii. Chronology of Composition	lxvi	(11)
iii. Structure	lxxvii	(8)
iv. Sources	lxxxv	(22)
2. The Poetry	cvii	(5)
i. Poems within Books i-x	cvii	(2)
ii. The Poetical Books, xi and xii	cix	(3)
3. Lost Works	cxii	(5)
i. Lost Poetry	cxii	(3)
ii. Lost Prose	cxv	(2)
III THE MANUSCRIPTS AND THE TEXT	cxvii	(43)
1. Descriptions of the Manuscripts	cxvii	(27)
2. The Transmission of the Text	cxliv	(14)
3. The Manuscripts of the Poetry	clviii	(1)
4. The Relationships of the Manuscripts	clix	(1)
IV EDITIONS	clx	(6)
1. Previous Editions	clx	(2)
2. This Edition	clxii	(4)
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF HENRY'S CAREER	clxvi	(7)
SIGLA OF MANUSCRIPTS CITED IN THE TEXT	clxxiii
TEXT AND TRANSLATION	1	(1)
HISTORIA ANGLORUM, THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE	2	(776)
Prologue	2	(8)
Book i The Kingdom of the Romans in Britain	10	(68)
Book ii The Coming of the English	78	(60)
Book iii The Conversion of the English	138	(72)
Book iv The Kingdom of the English	210	(62)
Book v The Danish Wars	272	(66)
Book vi The Coming of the Normans	338	(74)
Book vii The Kingdom of the Normans	412	(82)
Book viii Exalted Matters	494	(126)
Epilogue	494	(8)
Letter to Henry I	502	(56)
Letter to Warin the Breton	558	(26)
Letter to Archdeacon Walter, De contemptu mundi	584	(36)
Book ix The Miracles of the English	620	(78)
Book x The Present Time	698	(80)
EPIGRAMS	778	(49)
Book xi	778	(26)
Book xii	804	(23)
APPENDICES	827	(16)
1. The Charters of Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon	827	(6)
2. The Contents-List added at Le Bec	833	(3)
3. Walo's Epitaph on William Clito	836	(3)
4. Some Manuscripts Preserving Fragments of the HA	839	(4)
CONCORDANCE	843	(4)
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS CITED	847	(4)
INDEX OF QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS	851	(6)
GENERAL INDEX	857