William of Malmesbury: Historia Novella - The Contemporary History

Zusatztext Aa well-produced book with much to offer its readers, students, and scholars alike. Klappentext The Historia Novella is the key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. Edmund King has provided a major new edition, with revised translation, of the most important eyewitness account of the `anarchy' of King Stephen's reign. Zusammenfassung The Historia Novella is a key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. William of Malmesbury was the doyen of the historians of his day. His account of the main events of the years 1126 to 1142, to some of which he was an eyewitness, is sympathetic to the empress's cause, but not uncritical of her. Edmund King offers a complete revision of K. R. Potter's edition of 1955, retaining only the translation, which has been amended in places. Not only is this a new edition but it offers a new text, arguing that what have earlier been seen as William of Malmesbury's final revisions are not from his hand. Rather they seem to come from somewhere in the circle of Robert of Gloucester, the empress's half-brother, to whom the work is dedicated. In this way the work raises important questions concerning the transmission of medieval texts.

Product details

• Authors: William of Malmesbury , William, Of Malmesbury William, William of Malmesbury
• Assisted by: Edmund King (Editor), K. R. Potter (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 6
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1998
• EAN: 9780198201922
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820192-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; Oxford Medieval Texts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Children's Books / Ages 4-8 Nonfiction, HISTORY / Essays, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary essays, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval