The Historical Works of Gervase of Canterbury
Volume 2. The Minor Works Comprising the Gesta Regum with its Continuation, the Actus Pontificum and the Mappa munri
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- Real Author: Gervase of Canterbury
- Editor: William Stubbs
- Date Published: November 2012
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108051606
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Gervase of Canterbury (c.1145–c.1210) was professed as a member of the cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, by Thomas Becket in 1163. His observations on both church and court matters give his work breadth, ranging from the king's authority to ecclesiastical topography. A prominent player in the notorious dispute between the monks and Archbishop Baldwin, Gervase attempted to reassert the traditional role of Christ Church as the archiepiscopal church at a time when its position was under threat. This two-volume collection, edited by the scholar William Stubbs (1824–1901) and published between 1879 and 1880, comprises Gervase's entire corpus of Latin works (with marginal notes in English). Volume 2 includes the Gesta regum, which begins with Brutus's Albion and is drawn from authorities such as Geoffrey of Monmouth; the Actus Pontificum, a series of lives of the archbishops of Canterbury until 1205; and the Mappa mundi, an unprecedented monastic topography of England.
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- Date Published: November 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108051606
- length: 724 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 40 mm
- weight: 1.05kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Fragment of Gervase of Chichester
Collection of occasional notes in MS 438
Fragment of chronicle 1205–11
Collation with Twysden's edition
Gervasii gesta regum
Continuation
Actus pontificum
Mappa mundi
Index.
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