Flores historiarum / edited by Henry Richards Luard: vol. III: A.D. 1265 to A.D. 1326
1890, First Edition. London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode. Good copy bound in quarter buckram over paper boards with a gilt blocked title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #290265
Provenance; from the Bibliotheca Seminarii S. Ioannis with the owner's bookplates and library marks. Series; Rolls Series ; 95. Rerum britannicarum medii aevi scriptores, or, Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages ; 95. Physical description; vol. III (only): 673 pages ; 26 cm. Notes; The text covering the period to 1259 is based on the author's Chronica majora; the text covering the period 1259-1307 was partly compiled and partly composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster; the continuation from 1307 to 1325 is by Robert of Reading. For the most recent theory of authorship cf. Richard Vaughan. Matthew Paris. 1958; for the older theory cf. Dict. nat. biog. "Published by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the Master of the Rolls." Includes bibliographical references and index. Latin; preface and margin notes in English. Contents; v. 3. (A.D. 1265 to A.D. 1326). Subjects; Edward II, King of England (1284-1327). Robert of Reading. Great Britain History To 1485 ; Sources. Great Britain History To 1066. Great Britain History 12th century. Great Britain History 13th century. Great Britain History 14th century. Great Britain History (1066-1687) ; Sources. Great Britain History To 1066. Great Britain History Anglo Saxon period, (449-1066). Great Britain History Medieval period, (1066-1485). Genres; Chronicles. History.
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