Rogeri de Wendover liber qui dicitur Flores Historiarum ab anno domini… Volume 1

Rogeri de Wendover liber qui dicitur Flores Historiarum ab anno domini MCLIV annoque Henrici Anglorum Regis Secundi PrimoThe Flowers of History by Roger of Wendover from the Year of Our Lord 1154\nAuthor(s): Roger of Wendover, Henry G. Hewlett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108052320, 978-1108052320\nSynopsis\nA former prior of Belvoir, Roger of Wendover ([url] established himself as a chronicler at St Albans. This three-volume work, edited by Henry G. Hewlett [tel] and published between 1886 and 1889, comprises the latter part of the larger Flores opus. Volume 1 begins with Henry II's reign and covers the period [tel]. It marks the start of where Wendover can claim direct responsibility for the Latin text, his own observations now finding a place alongside predecessors' compilations from various earlier sources. Hewlett is critical of Wendover's indiscriminate appetite for miracles and rea.