The Chronicles of Rome. An Edition of the Middle English 'Chronicle of Popes and Emperors' and 'The Lollard Chronicle'.

Embree, Dan (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0851155979 / ISBN 13: 9780851155975

Published by -Boydell Press -, 1999

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Medieval Chronicles 1. x+310 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine. No dustjacket required for this library edition. The two Middle English chronicles presented here record the lives of the popes and emperors of Rome; they are the only surviving Middle English texts devoted principally to such material. The first is the fourteenth-century Chronicle of Popes and Emperors, a translation and abbreviation of Martinus Polonus's thirteenth-century Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum; it served as a reference book for clerics and religious institutions, providing some 300 biographies. The second is theLollard Chronicle, a selection of popes' and emperors' biographies aiming to discredit the papacy and justify the sovereignty of secular authorities in accordance with Wycliffite doctrines; it provides vital evidence for a Lollard reading of history. This volume is the first in a new series, aiming to publish previously unedited Middle English chronicles of historical or literary importance.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Chronicles of Rome. An Edition of the Middle English 'Chronicle of Popes and Emperors' and 'The Lollard Chronicle'.
• Publisher: -Boydell Press -
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851155979
• ISBN 13: 9780851155975
• Binding: Hardcover
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Synopsis

The two Middle English chronicles presented here record the lives of the popes and emperors of Rome; they are the only surviving Middle English texts devoted principally to such material. The first is the fourteenth-century Chronicle of Popes and Emperors, a translation and abbreviation of Martinus Polonus's thirteenth-century Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum; it served as a reference book for clerics and religious institutions, providing some 300 biographies. The second is the Lollard Chronicle, a selection of popes' and emperors' biographies aiming to discredit the papacy and justify the sovereignty of secular authorities in accordance with Wycliffite doctrines; it provides vital evidence for a Lollard reading of history.
This volume is the first in a series which aims to publish previously unedited Middle English chronicles of historical or literary importance.

Professor DAN EMBREE teaches at Mississippi State University.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin