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December 1988

Vol. 21 The Earliest English Translation of Vegetius’ De Re Militari

Edited by Geoffrey Lester (1988) Edition from Oxford MS Bodl. Douce 291 This is an edition of the first English translation of the late fourth- or early fifth-century Epitoma Rei Militaris of Flavius Vegetius Renatus, the most influential military manual in use during the Middle Ages. According to the colophon, the translation was completed in 1408 for Thomas of Berkeley,… Read More »Vol. 21 The Earliest English Translation of Vegetius’ De Re Militari

Vol. 20 Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild

Edited by Maldwyn Mills. Edition from MS Auchinleck, Advocates’ 19.2.1 As one of the romances ‘praised’ by Chaucer in Sir Thopas, Horn Childe has been viewed by most scholars other than Trounce as rym doggerel, much inferior to the better-known King Horn. Matters have not been helped by the relative inaccessibility and shortcomings of the editions of Caro (1889) and… Read More »Vol. 20 Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild