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Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, in six volumes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holinshed, Raphael, approximately 1525-1580?
- Series:
- Medieval and early modern sources online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--To 1485.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 volumes).
- Edition:
- Searchable text edition.
- Other Title:
- Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- MEMSO.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington : TannerRitchie Publishing in collaboration with the Library and Information Services of the University of St Andrews, 2014.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- v. 1-4. England
- v. 5. Scotland
- v. 6. Ireland & Index.
- Notes:
- Electronic version in PHP and PDF formats of the 6 volume work published: London : J. Johnson, 1807-1808.
- One of a uniform series of chronicles published under the superintendence of Sir Henry Ellis and others.
- The 1577 edition was compiled by Holinshed, William Harrison and Richard Stanyhurst; the 1587 edition was edited by John Hooker, assisted by Francis Thynne, Abraham Fleming and John Stow. The present edition, reprinted from the 1587 edition, with the excisions ordered by the Privy council replaced, was edited by Sir Henry Ellis.
- Includes "The description of Scotland ... by Hector Boetius ... Whereupon is inferred the Historie of Scotland", originally translated for the 1577 edition; also "The Irish history composed and written by Giraldus Cambrensis" translated for the edition of 1587.
- ISBN:
- 9781554937806
- 9781554937813
- 9781554937820
- 9781554937837
- 9781554937851
- 9781554937868
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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