Jordan Fantosme's Chronicle
Jordan Fantosme was a twelfth-century cleric, teacher and poet, possibly a member of the royal or baronial court, writing for King Henry II. His Chronicle describes some of the events and actions of the civil war between Henry II and his eldest son Henry, the 'Young King', during 1173 and 1174. The main focus of the text, including most of Fantosme's explicitly eyewitness accounts, is on the fighting in Northumberland, where King William I of Scotland, in support of the Young King, broke off ties with Henry II and invaded the north of England. Fantosme's vivid portrayal of the skirmish outside Alnwick, in which King William the Lion was captu…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78885-054-4
- EAN: 9781788850544
- Produktnummer: 37898605
- Verlag: Birlinn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Ronald Carlyle Johnston was lecturer in Old French literature and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Oxford, 1935-48; Professor of French Language and Literature, University of St Andrews, 1948-61; Professor of Romance Philology and Medieval French Literature, Westfield College, London, 1961-74, then Emeritus Professor.
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