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Vol. 64 – A Late-Medieval History of the Ancient and Biblical World, Volume 2: Introduction, Commentary, Glossary, and Bibliography

The late fifteenth-century Middle English manuscript Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29 contains a universal history of the world, which begins with the creation and covers large swathes of biblical and ancient history up to the time of Hannibal. Compiled from diverse printed and manuscript sources by a single compiler-scribe, the text forms an intricate network of sources which provides extensive material for the study of history writing and compilation in fifteenth-century England. Only very brief excerpts from this text have previously appeared in print.

Vol. 63 – A Late-Medieval History of the Ancient and Biblical World, Volume 1: The Text

The late-fifteenth-century Middle English manuscript Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29 contains a universal history of the world, which begins with the creation and covers large swathes of biblical and ancient history up to the time of Hannibal. Compiled from diverse printed and manuscript sources by a single compiler-scribe, the text forms an intricate network of sources which provides extensive material for the study of history writing and compilation in fifteenth-century England. Only very brief excerpts from this text have previously appeared in print.

Vol. 54 Þe Instytucyonys and Specyal Dedys of Relygyows Carmelitys

Purchase this volume Edition from London, Lambeth Palace, MS 192. Valerie Edden (ed.)  ‘Þe Instytucyonys and Specyal Dedys of Relygyows Carmelitys’ is Thomas Scrope’s Middle English translation of Felip Ribot’s ‘De institucione et peculiaribus gestis religiosorum carmelitarum decem libri in lege veteri exortorum et in nova perseverancium’ (commonly known as ‘The Book of the First Monks’). Ribot’s work shaped Carmelite… Read More »Vol. 54 Þe Instytucyonys and Specyal Dedys of Relygyows Carmelitys

Vol. 51 John Page’s ‘The Siege of Rouen’

Purchase this volume Edition from London, British Library MS Egerton 1995. Joanna Bellis (ed.)  John Page’s ‘The Siege of Rouen’ is an eyewitness narrative account of Henry V’s siege of Normandy’s capital in 1418–19. The text is unique in English verse of the fifteenth century in providing a first-hand narrative of a significant event in contemporary warfare. The poet was… Read More »Vol. 51 John Page’s ‘The Siege of Rouen’

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