{"product_id":"the-history-of-alfred-of-beverley-9781783274888","title":"The History of Alfred of Beverley","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first modern edition of a text which shows the suspicion with which Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain was received two decades after it first appeared.  The history of the Yorkshire secular clerk, Alfred of Beverley (c.1148 x c.1151), an important primary source in Anglo-Norman historiography, supplies a history of Britain from its supposed foundation by Brutus down to the death of Henry I in 1135. Alfred's history is of particular interest in that it is the first Insular Latin chronicle to incorporate the legendary British history of Geoffrey of Monmouth (published c.mid 1130s) within a continuous account of the island's past. In attempting to fuse the radically new Galfridian account of the past with that of the conventional twelfth-century (Bedan) view, Alfred's use and manipulation of his sources is highly revealing and suggests a quite critical reception of Geoffrey's history, a mindset which by the end of the twelfth century appears almost entirely to have disappeared amongst chroniclers.   Alfred's history is also an important, and presently undervalued, witness to the reception and dissemination of three of the most important Anglo-Norman histories: Symeon of Durham Historia Regum, The Chronicle of John of Worcester and Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, from which works it borrows extensively. In the manner of use of these sources, the author tells us much about the ecclesiastical and intellectual interests and outlook of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is this last feature of Alfred's History which is Dr Slevin's argument as to why his work deserves a lot more attention. -- David Crouch * Northern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments                 Abbreviations                 List of plates, figures and maps                 INTRODUCTION             Alfred of Beverley - Man, Milieu \u0026amp; Memory             Date and Circumstances of the History             Sources                         i. Introduction                          ii. Henry of Huntingdon                          iii. Geoffrey of Monmouth                          iv. John of Worcester                           v. The Durham Historia Regum             The Afterlife of Alfred             Historical place, purpose and value             Manuscripts             Editions i.                 Previous Edition ii.               This Edition                                  TEXT AND TRANSLATION             Appendices             General Index","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412015489367,"sku":"9781783274888","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783274888.jpg?v=1730515384","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-alfred-of-beverley-9781783274888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}