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Sir Thomas Gray: Scalacronica (1272-1363)

Sir Thomas Gray: Scalacronica (1272-1363)

Gray, Sir Thomas
King, Andy
King, Andy

Paperback

Series: Publications of the Surtees Society, Book 209

Historical FiguresMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0854440798
ISBN13: 9780854440795
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Sep 28 2019
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Text and facing translation of one of the most important chronicles of medieval England.

In 1355, Sir Thomas Gray, a Northumbrian knight and constable of Norham castle, was ambushed and captured by the Scots. Imprisoned in Edinburgh castle, he whiled away the hours by writing a chronicle charting the history of Britain from the Creation. The bulk of the work, written in Anglo-Norman French, is based on existing sources. However, for the section from the reign of Edward I onwards - the portion edited here - Gray relied partly on his own memories, and the stories told him by his father (constable of Norham before him), relating their experiences in the Scottish and French wars. The first known historical work to have been written in England by a member of the lay nobility since the Conquest, the Scalacronica provides a unique perspective on the course of English politics in the fourteenth century, and an insight into the worldview of a militarily active member of England's governing class.It is a vital source for all those interested in the history of the period.

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