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Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Historia regum / edited and translated by Michael Lapidge. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970- author.
- Series:
- Oxford medieval texts.
- Oxford scholarly editions online.
- Oxford medieval texts
- Oxford scholarly editions online
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970- Historia regum.
- Byrhtferth.
- Simeon, of Durham, -approximately 1130. Historia regum.
- Simeon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Historia regum
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Latin, partially translated from the Latin.
- Summary:
- A scholarly edition of Byrhtferth's 'Historia regum' (which forms the first part of Symeon of Durham's Historia regum), an important source for the early history of Anglo-Saxon England from 560 to 887 AD. The Latin text is provided with facing-page English translation, and extensive annotation explains the significance of Byrhtferth's references to historical events (many of which are unrecorded elsewhere).
- Contents:
- Historia Regum
- Appendix I: The Annals 885-957
- Appendix II: The Hexham Interpolations
- 1. Interpolation in HR iii. 6 (concerning Acca, bishop of Hexham)
- 2. Interpolation in HR iii. 18 (concerning Alchmund, bishop of Hexham).
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 4, 2023).
- Contains:
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970- Historia regum.
- Byrhtferth, approximately 970- Historia regum. English.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-194482-3
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