Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I and Edward II 2 Volume Set

by William Stubbs (Editor)

This two-volume set of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (1272 1307) and Edward II (1307 27) was published between 1882 and 1883. The volumes contain material not found in any other source for the period, notably the surviving fragments of the Annales Londonienses, which originally provided a year-by-year narration of events from 1194 1330. Also included are the Annales Paulini, from the hand of a chronicler associated with St Paul's, and the Commendatio lamentabilis, a laudatory piece written by John of London very soon after the death of Edward I. The often corrupt texts were restored, edited and provided with English side-notes by William Stubbs (1825 1901), whose lengthy introductions to each volume provide a wealth of detail about the possible writers, the historical context of each chronicle, and the history of the transmission and publication of the manuscripts."

1104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1882

About the author

William Stubbs (21 June 1825 – 22 April 1901) was an English historian and Bishop of Oxford.
The son of William Morley Stubbs, a solicitor, he was born at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and was educated at Ripon Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1848, obtaining a first-class in classics and a third in mathematics.