Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I ... - 9781108052276

Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard IAuthor(s): Richard Howlett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108052276, 978-1108052276\nSynopsis\nThe second volume of this four-volume set of Latin chronicles, edited by Richard Howlett [tel] and published between 1884 and 1889, contains the fifth and final book of the Historia rerum Anglicarum by William of Newburgh ([url] This book deals with the events of the years 11948. The work is continued in a supplement up to the year 1298, compiled by a monk of Furness Abbey. Also included is the Draco Normannicus ('The Norman Standard') of Etienne de Rouen, a monk from Bec Abbey in Normandy. Much of this poem is simply the versification of other sources, but it does possess some historical value, and notably presents King Arthur as a Breton rather than a British ruler. A glossary and index to the first two volumes is included, along with he.