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Book SynopsisIn the OXFORD MEDIEVAL TEXTS series. The first complete edition and translation covering the annals from 1067 to 1140. McGurk has used all available manuscript evidence, and also publishes the Gloucester interpolations made to one of the manuscripts. The text is in Latin with facing page English translation.
Trade Reviewthis volume conforms to the high standards of Oxford Medieval Texts, and has a clear and helpful layout, notably to represent what are very substantial differences between the manuscripts ... a lucid introduction. * David Rollason , EHR Sept. 00. Vol.115, No.463. *
the appearance of John's chronicle in an edition of this quality will make it possible for scholars to explore the mind as well as the world of a medieval historian of particular interest. * David Rollason , EHR Sept. 00. Vol.115, No.463. *
this edition is a most impressive achievement and of the highest scholarly standard. * Antonia Gransden, Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 51.2, April 2000. *
No other chronicler in John's time has left such a clear picture of his working method. It is good to have at last en edition which does full justice to the value and itnerest of John's chronicle. McGurk provides an excellent account of John's sources and of the chronicles importance as a record of historical facts. * Antonia Gransden, Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 51.2, April 2000. *
medievalists have had to wait a long time for a scholarly edition. * Antonia Gransden,Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 51.2, April 2000. *
Table of ContentsList of Plates. Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Sigla ; Text and Translation ; Appendices ; Index of Quotations and Allusions ; Concordance ; Index
