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Lestorie Des Engles Solum La Translacion Maistre Geoffrei Gaimar: Translation V. 2

Lestorie Des Engles Solum La Translacion Maistre Geoffrei Gaimar: Translation V. 2

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls

British History

ISBN10: 1108053432
ISBN13: 9781108053433
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 15 2012
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Published in two volumes for the Rolls Series between 1888 and 1889, this is the oldest surviving metrical chronicle in vernacular French. It was written by the Anglo-Norman poet and historian Geoffrei Gaimar (fl. 1136-7), who lived in England at a time when French was still used among the aristocracy. The text is largely based on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and also draws on various French, English and Latin sources. Gaimar's unique perspective breaks with the tradition of religious chronicles by offering the first secular account of the history of England. Edited by archivist and antiquary Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy (1804-78) and Charles Trice Martin (1842-1914), Volume 2 is a translation of the original text into modern English. It covers the period from the arrival of Cerdic in 495 to the death of Henry I and includes the story of Havelok the Dane.

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