Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene: Volume 2

Roger of Hoveden

Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene: Volume 2
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 November 2012
Pages
514
ISBN
9781108048828

Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene: Volume 2

Roger of Hoveden

Roger of Hoveden’s Chronica was begun around 1192 and covers English history from 732 to 1201, when it is assumed he died. The work is largely an annotated compilation of various other chronicles, including the Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis (also reissued in this series). This was formerly attributed to Benedict of Peterborough, which was the view taken by William Stubbs (1825-1901) when he edited this work for the Rolls Series in 1868-71. Since the twentieth century, however, Hoveden has been recognised as the author. As a clerk to Henry II until 1189, and later as a diplomat during the Third Crusade, he was ideally placed to gain first-hand knowledge and also documents, which he provides here in full. In Volume 2 (1148-89), Hoveden edits and amalgamates other chronicles, including his own Gesta, adding further annotations and a collection of letters relating to the Becket controversy.

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