Matthaei Parisiensis Chronica majora [Paperback]

This seven-volume work, published 187283, is a rich source for English history from the Creation to 1259.Matthew Paris compiled and illustrated this chronicle of English history from the Creation to his death in 1259. This seven-volume edition of the Latin text was published between 1872 and 1883. Volume 5 covers 124859 and portrays English political and intellectual life through a wide range of documents.Matthew Paris compiled and illustrated this chronicle of English history from the Creation to his death in 1259. This seven-volume edition of the Latin text was published between 1872 and 1883. Volume 5 covers 124859 and portrays English political and intellectual life through a wide range of documents.A Church of England clergyman and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Henry Richards Luard (182591) edited a number of works in the Rolls Series, for which he was noted for the quality of his indexing and the depth of his commentary. This seven-volume work, first published between 1872 and 1883, has been hailed as one of the best editions in the series. It is a rich source for English history from the Creation to 1259, written by England's greatest medieval historian. Matthew Paris (c.120059) became a monk at St Albans in 1217 and had access to a wide variety of documents as an acquaintance of such men as Bishop Robert Grosseteste and King Henry III, whom he knew well. The Latin text of Volume 5 covers the period 124859. Given the belief that time would end in 1250, apocalyptic verses conclude the Chronica in that year.Preface; Chronica majora de regis Henrici tertii.