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The sources and literature of English history from the earliest times to about 1485

The sources and literature of English history from the earliest times to about 1485

Gross, Charles

Paperback

British History

ISBN10: 9353704499
ISBN13: 9789353704490
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 642
Weight: 1.77
Height: 1.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
England before the Tudors is a maze of chronicles, rolls, saints lives, statutes, and lost libraries. Charles Gross hands you the map. Start where the sources begin. This classic historical bibliography reference is both a medieval history research guide and a primary source handbook, built for readers who want to follow evidence, not hearsay. Moving from the earliest records through medieval England to 1485, Gross sets out an English history source list of the key writings and editions that underpin serious study: medieval English chronicles, documentary collections, calendars, and the printed scholarship that frames them. It is equally at home beside a students notebook, a local historians reading pile, or a collectors shelf of indispensable reference works. More than a directory, it is a snapshot of how the past is recovered: what survives, where it is found, and how it has been edited and interpreted. For academic medieval studies, it remains a practical tool for historian archive research, pointing towards British historical manuscripts and the major strands of pre-Tudor English history, from Plantagenet era sources to focused Wars of the Roses research. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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