Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II [Paperback]

A selection of Latin chronicles, published in 18823, collected and edited with English side-notes by William Stubbs (18251901).This second of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (12721307) and Edward II (130727) was published in 1883, with an introduction and English side-notes by editor William Stubbs (18251901). Included here is the Commendatio lamentabilis for Edward I and various lives of Edward II.This second of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (12721307) and Edward II (130727) was published in 1883, with an introduction and English side-notes by editor William Stubbs (18251901). Included here is the Commendatio lamentabilis for Edward I and various lives of Edward II.This second of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (12721307) and Edward II (130727) was published in 1883. Included here is the Commendatio lamentabilis, a laudatory piece written by John of London very soon after the death of Edward I. This is followed by a Vita of Edward II written by an unknown monk of Malmesbury, a narration of his deeds (Gesta Edwardi de Carnarvan) by a canon of Bridlington, with another on the deeds of Edward III, and a life and death (Vita et mors) of Edward II attributed to Sir Thomas de la Moore. The often corrupt texts were restored, edited and provided with English side-notes by William Stubbs (18251901), whose lengthy introduction provides a wealth of detail about the possible writers, the historical context of each chronicle, and the history of the transmission and publication of the manuscripts.Introduction; 1. Extracts from the Barlings chronicle; 2. Hearne's notes on the transcript, MS Rawl. B. 414; 3. Commendatio lamentabilis in transitu magni regis Edwardi; 4. Gesta Edwardi de Carnarvan auctore canonico Bridlingtoniensi, Gesta Edwardi Tertii; 5. Monachi cujusdam Malmesberiensis vita Edwardi II; 6. Vita et mors Edwardi Secundi regis Angliae, conscripta a ls-