Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II, and Richard I Howlett Volume 3

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: 9781108052283, 978-1108052283\nSynopsis\nThe third volume of this four-volume set of Latin chronicles, edited by Richard Howlett [tel] and published between 1884 and 1889, contains five separate works. The Gesta Stephani regis Anglorum ('Deeds of King Stephen') is a primary source for Stephen's reign and especially his wars with his cousin Maude. This is supplemented by the shorter De gestis regis Stephani by Richard, prior of Hexham, covering the years 11359. The treatise Relatio de standardo by St Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx, is a partisan account of the Battle of the Standard in 1138. Jordan Fantosme's long poem (in French, with an English translation) describes the rebellion against Henry II of 11734. Finally, Richard of Devizes chronicles the deeds of Richard I in De rebus ges.