The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury [Paperback]

This two-volume collection, published 187980, comprises the entire corpus of works by Gervase, monk of Christ Church, Canterbury.Published for the Rolls Series in 187980, this two-volume collection comprises the entire corpus of Gervase of Canterbury's works. Volume 2 contains his Gesta regum, drawn from authorities such as Geoffrey of Monmouth, a series of lives of archbishops, and the Mappa mundi.Published for the Rolls Series in 187980, this two-volume collection comprises the entire corpus of Gervase of Canterbury's works. Volume 2 contains his Gesta regum, drawn from authorities such as Geoffrey of Monmouth, a series of lives of archbishops, and the Mappa mundi.Gervase of Canterbury (c.1145c.1210) was professed as a member of the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, by Thomas Becket in 1163. His observations on both church and court matters give his work breadth, ranging from the king's authority to ecclesiastical topography. A prominent player in the notorious dispute between the monks and Archbishop Baldwin, Gervase attempted to reassert the traditional role of Christ Church as the archiepiscopal church at a time when its position was under threat. This two-volume collection, edited by the scholar William Stubbs (18241901) and published between 1879 and 1880, comprises Gervase's entire corpus of Latin works (with marginal notes in English). Volume 2 includes the Gesta regum, which begins with Brutus's Albion and is drawn from authorities such as Geoffrey of Monmouth; the Actus Pontificum, a series of lives of the archbishops of Canterbury until 1205; and the Mappa mundi, an unprecedented monastic topography of England.Preface; Fragment of Gervase of Chichester; Collection of occasional notes in MS 438; Fragment of chronicle 120511; Collation with Twysden's edition; Gervasii gesta regum; Continuation; Actus pontificum; Mappa mundi; Index.