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Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 William Dunn Macray

Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 By William Dunn Macray

Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 by William Dunn Macray


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Published in 1863, Books 1 and 2 of this Latin chronicle contain the life and miracles of the founder of Evesham abbey. Book 3 contains Thomas of Marlborough's early thirteenth-century history of the abbey's disputes with the diocesan. The appendices include anonymous continuations to 1539 and several saints' lives.

Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 Summary

Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 by William Dunn Macray

This Latin chronicle of the abbey of Evesham was compiled around 1214 by Thomas of Marlborough, abbot from 1230 to 1236. Books 1 and 2, containing the life and miracles of St Egwin, bishop of Worcester (d.717) and founder of the abbey, were written by a twelfth-century prior, Dominic, and abridged by Thomas, who continued the history of the house to his own time. The chronicle was then extended by unknown authors, the first to 1418 and another to 1539. This edition, published in 1863 by William Dunn Macray (1826-1916), contains both continuations. It also includes several saints' lives that were bound in the same manuscript. The main text, with English side-notes, contains much valuable information on the internal life of the abbey, and on its disputes with the local bishop over visitation rights, concerning which Thomas had to travel to Rome to appeal to the pope.

Table of Contents

Preface; Appendix to preface; Chronicle of Evesham; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Glossary; Index.

Additional information

NLS9781108046978
9781108046978
1108046975
Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham ad annum 1418 by William Dunn Macray
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2012-11-15
472
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