The chronography of Robert of Torigni /
"Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power in the entire Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204). In addition, it include...
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Published: |
Clarendon Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2020. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English Latin |
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: |
Oxford medieval texts
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Summary: |
"Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power in the entire Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204). In addition, it includes commentary on many contemporaneous issues and concerns, notably about elections, successions, and deaths of bishops and abbots in Normandy and England, but also about events in France, the Empire, and the crusader kingdom in Palestine."-- |
Carrier Form: | 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages [377]-396) and indexes. |
ISBN: |
9780199682126 0199682127 9780198837374 0198837372 9780198837381 0198837380 |
Index Number: | DA190 |
CLC: |
B979.561 K565.9 K561.32 |
Call Number: | K561.32/R639 |
Contents: | Volume I. The chronicle, AD 1100-1186 -- volume II. Related historical texts. |