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The Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester - Volume 2
Contributor(s): Robert of Gloucester (Author), Wright, William Aldis (Editor)

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 ISBN: 110805238X     ISBN-13: 9781108052382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $65.54  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.84 lbs) 576 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Glossary
 
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Publisher Description:
This ballad chronicle, published in two volumes in 1887, is attributed to Robert of Gloucester (fl. c.1260-c.1300), both because it is written in Gloucestershire dialect, which makes it a valuable source for students of Middle English, and because the writer was probably an eyewitness to the contemporary events he mentions in the text, such as the siege of Gloucester Castle and the Battle of Evesham during the so-called Second Barons' War (1264-7). These are by far the most interesting portions of the poem, since much of the preceding historical narrative is derived second-hand from earlier Latin chroniclers. Volume 2, edited by the scholar William Aldis Wright (1831-1914), contains the second half of the chronicle and includes, as appendices, additions to the text and variations found in the various manuscript sources, as well as a glossary and index to both volumes.
 
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