Lestorie des Engles Solum la Translacion Maistre Geoffrei Gaimar 2 Volume Set |
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| Author:
| Gaimar, Geoffroy |
| Editor:
| Hardy, Thomas Duffus
Martin, Charles Trice |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-108-05344-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | AUD $113.95 |
Book Description:
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Written by Anglo-Norman historian Geoffrei Gaimar (fl.1136-7), this text is both the oldest surviving metrical chronicle in vernacular French and the first secular account of the history of England. Published in two volumes in 1888-9, the work begins in 495 and ends with Henry I's death.
Written by Anglo-Norman historian Geoffrei Gaimar (fl.1136-7), this text is both the oldest surviving metrical chronicle in vernacular French and the first secular account of the history of England. Published in two volumes in 1888-9, the work begins in 495 and ends with Henry I's death.