William of Malmesbury: Historia Novella The Contemporary History |
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| Author:
| William of Malmesbury, William of
Potter, K. R. |
| Editor:
| King, Edmund |
| Series title: | Oxford Medieval Texts |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-820192-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $365.41AUD $460.00 |
Book Description:
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The Historia Novella is the key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. Edmund King has provided a major new edition, with revised translation, of the most important eyewitness account of the `anarchy' of King Stephen's reign.
The Historia Novella is the key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. Edmund King has provided a major new edition, with revised translation, of the most important eyewitness account of the `anarchy' of King Stephen's reign.