| Description |
1 online resource (lx, 270 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford medieval texts |
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Oxford medieval texts.
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| Contents |
ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; I: THE MANUSCRIPT; i. Hearne's transcript; ii. The date of West's manuscript; iii. The date of composition of the Vita; iv. Contemporary historical sources of the Vita; v. The authorship of the Vita, and its literary sources; II: THE REIGN OF EDWARD II AND THE VALUE OF THE VITA; i. The reign of Edward II; ii. Recent historiography; iii. The value of the Vita; iv. Chronological content; v. Themes; a. Personalities; b. Kingship, resistance, and treason; III: PREVIOUS EDITIONS; IV: EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS; i. Text; ii. Translation; VITA EDWARDI SECVNDI; SIGLA |
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Concordanceindex of quotations and allusions; general index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; r; s; t; u; v; w; x; y |
| Summary |
The Vita Edwardi Secundi is the best and most readable of the chronicles for the dramatic reign of Edward II. Its author was close to the political centre and provides extensive, and sometimes abrasive, comment on the king, his favourites, his opponents, and the church. He also records the disastrous English defeat at the battle of Bannockburn. This new edition revises the Latin text and English translation, and provides a new introduction and historical notes to take account of recent scholarship. - ;The Vita Edwardi Secundi is the best and most readable of the chronicles of the reign of Edwa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English and Latin |
| Subject |
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327.
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| SUBJECT |
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327 fast |
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward II, 1307-1327 -- Early works to 1800
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Childs, Wendy R
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Denholm-Young, N. (Noël)
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| ISBN |
9780191515309 |
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0191515302 |
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