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Klappentext Edward Edwards (1812-86), librarian, writer and utilitarian, has been described as a founder of modern librarianship. Employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library in 1861, he came across the large illuminated manuscript of the chronicle and cartulary that comprise this work, first published in 1866. The Latin text moves chronologically from 455 and the 'Legend of Albina' through six centuries of medieval English history, finishing at 1023 and the reign of King Cnut. Edwards, as editor, displays a librarian's zeal for detail: his extensive introduction provides a thorough history of Hyde Abbey, from foundation to dissolution. In the appendix, English translations of Anglo-Saxon charters and testaments (including those of Alfred the Great and King Eadred - the only known wills of Anglo-Saxon kings) provide further insight into England in the Early Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung The manuscript for this chronicle of Anglo-Saxon history from 455 to 1023 and cartulary of Hyde Abbey was discovered in 1861 by librarian Edward Edwards (1812–86), who had been employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library. Published in 1866, it gives a fascinating insight into medieval England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Legend of Albina; 2. De regno Cantae; 3. De regno Suthsaxoniae; 4. De regno Estsaxoniae; 5. De regno Estanglorum; 6. De regno Westsaxonum; 7. Of the kingdom of the Mercians; 8. De regno Northanhymrorum; 9. De regibus Anglorum, qui, terrenum imperium relinquentes, ad vitam monsticam se transtulerunt; 10. Unde Saxones qui in Anglia regnant traxerunt originem; 11. De monarchis; 12. Chronica Regis Adulphi; 13. Chronica Regis Alfredi; 14. Chronica Regis Edwardi Senioris; 15. Chronicle of the reign of King Athelstan; 16. Chronicle of the reign of King Edward the Elder; 17. Chronica gloriosi Regis Edredi; 18. Chronica Edwyni regis filii Edmundi regis supradicti; 19. Chronica incliti Regis Edgari, filii Edmundi superioris regis; 20. Chronica Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris, filii Edgari regis; 21. Chronica Etheldredi regis, filii Edgari regis, et fratris Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris; 22. Chronicles of the reign of King Edmund Ironside; 23. Chronica Regis Cnutonis; Appendix; Glossary of obsolete, corrupt, and obscure words, occurring in 'Liber de Hyda'; Glossarial index of the names of places and boundaries; General index....
