The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition : The Abingdon Chronicle, A.D. 956-1066 (Ms. C, With Reference to Bde): Vol 10

Conner, Patrick W (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0859914666 / ISBN 13: 9780859914666

Published by D.S.Brewer, 1996

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a collaborative ed edition. 138 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Collaborative Edition : The Abingdon Chronicle, A.D. 956-1066 (Ms. C, With Reference to Bde): Vol 10
• Publisher: D.S.Brewer
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859914666
• ISBN 13: 9780859914666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

Two further editions bring the number of published volumes of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicleseries to Edition with scholarly introduction, evaluating the relationship of the Abingdon Chronicle to other Chronicle manuscripts.

This edition of BL MS Cotton Tiberius B i presents for the first time the textual source of several of the most important extant manuscripts in the Chronicle tradition (including MSS B, C, D and E), and showsthe contribution ofAbingdon Abbey to its development. In his full and detailed introduction, Professor Conner explains his choice of manuscript; he also offers a theory, arguing against current thinking, for the relationship between MSS B and C; and suggests that the phenomenon of poetry in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle originated with Abingdon.
Professor PATRICK W. CONNERteaches in the Department of English, West Virginia University.

About the Author

Professor PATRICK W. CONNER teaches in the Department of English, West Virginia University.