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Gervase of Tilbury : Otia Imperialia / S. E. Banks, J. W. Binns, editors.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Medieval Prose Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Banks, S. E., editor.
Binns, J. W., editor.
Series:
Oxford medieval texts
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Education of princes--Early works to 1800.
Education of princes.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1013 pages).
Other Title:
Gervase of Tilbury
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Summary:
Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.
Contents:
Introduction ; List of Sigla ; Text and Translation ; Appendices ; Indexes.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-189381-1

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