The Chronicles of Rome: An Edition of the Middle English `The Chronicle of Popes and Emperors' (Medieval Chronicles)
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The two Middle English chronicles presented here record the lives of the popes and emperors of Rome; they are the only surviving Middle English texts devoted principally to such material. The first is the fourteenth-century Chronicle of Popes and Emperors, a translation and abbreviation of Martinus Polonus's thirteenth-century Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum; it served as a reference book for clerics and religious institutions, providing some 300 biographies. The second is the Lollard Chronicle, a selection of popes' and emperors' biographies aiming to discredit the papacy and justify the sovereignty of secular authorities in accordance with Wycliffite doctrines; it provides vital evidence for a Lollard reading of history. This volume is the first in a series which aims to publish previously unedited Middle English chronicles of historical or literary importance. Professor DAN EMBREE teaches at Mississippi State University.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0851155979
ISBN13:9780851155975
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.84 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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