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Book SynopsisAlongside annals, chronicles were the main genre of historical writing in the Middle Ages. Their significance as sources for the study of medieval history and culture is today widely recognised not only by historians, but also by students of medieval literature and linguistics and by art historians. The series The Medieval Chronicle aims to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds.
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Chronica Aulae regiae—an Unsuccessful Attempt to Establish an Official Memory of the Last Přemyslids and the Zbraslav Monastery Robert Antonín The Sounds of the City in the Nuova cronica of Giovanni Villani Zofia Anuszkiewicz The Idea of Music in the Latin Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden and the English Translation of John Trevisa Jane Beal Chequered Fortunes: Foreign Soldiers on Cyprus under King James II (1460–1473) and Their Portrayal in the Cypriot Chronicles Nicholas Coureas Edward I’s Temper: Anger and Its Misrepresentations in the Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough and the Fineshade Chronicle Hannah Kilpatrick Simon de Montfort, the Cantigas de Santa Maria and Acoustic Propaganda Dorothy Kim Constructing Historical Knowledge, Inventing Historical Method: the Evidence of Medieval Commentaries and Glosses on Historical Writings Jakub Kujawiński Polishing a Medieval Chronicle: the Author’s Proofreading of the Second Book of the Chronica Aulae regiae Anna Pumprová Why Another Greek Chronicle? Form and Function in Middle Byzantine Historical Writing Patricia Varona ‘Venit iudeus portans literas’: Jewish Types in The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond Adrienne Williams Boyarin Review: Jacqueline Alio, Margaret Queen of Sicily Alison Williams Lewin Review: Two Sicilian Chronicles, Translated by Louis Mendola Alison Williams Lewin Review: Ksenia Bonch Reeves, Visions of Unity after the Visigoths. Early Iberian Latin Chronicles and the Mediterranean World Aengus Ward A Note on Chandos Herald at the Battle of Nájera (1367) Clifford J. Rogers A Tretis Compiled out of Diverse Cronicles (1440): a Study and Edition of the Short English Prose Chronicle Extant in London, British Library, MS Additional 34,764 Sarah L. Peverley Index
