Ypodigma Neustriae - 9781108046893

Ypodigma NeustriaeA Thoma Walsingham, quondam monacho monasterii S. Albani, conscriptum\nAuthor(s): Henry Thomas Riley, Thomas Walsingham\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108046893, 978-1108046893\nSynopsis\nBetween 1863 and 1876, the Rolls Series published several works from or about the abbey of St Albans, edited by Henry Thomas Riley [tel] under the rubric 'Chronica Monasterii S. Albani', several of them by Thomas Walsingham ([url] who supervised the scriptorium at St Albans until 1394 and wrote in Latin on subjects including history, classics and music. This edition of Thomas' last historical work appeared in 1876. A digest of mainly English history from the ninth century to 1419, it contains a dedication to Henry V that emphasises his dynasty's Norman origins and his recent reconquest of Normandy, the 'Neustria' of the title. It contains records of sea and land battles, conspiracies and h.