John Benet’s Chronicle, 1399-1462

An English Translation with New Introduction

Nonfiction, History, Medieval, British
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Author: Alison Hanham ISBN: 9781137589217
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication: December 21, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: Alison Hanham
ISBN: 9781137589217
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication: December 21, 2015
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

John Benet's Chronicle, 1399-1462 is the first English translation of a fifteenth-century Latin chronicle which has been much used by medievalists since it was published in 1972. Lively and entertaining, it richly deserves the much wider readership that translation can now attract.

The introduction argues that John Benet, vicar of Harlington, was only the — rather inefficient — copyist of a chronicle composed by an unidentified writer. Internal clues suggest that the real author was a Londoner who was exceptionally well-informed about events and people in the period of the Wars of the Roses. He was possibly a clerk to the signet, as this book investigates further.

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John Benet's Chronicle, 1399-1462 is the first English translation of a fifteenth-century Latin chronicle which has been much used by medievalists since it was published in 1972. Lively and entertaining, it richly deserves the much wider readership that translation can now attract.

The introduction argues that John Benet, vicar of Harlington, was only the — rather inefficient — copyist of a chronicle composed by an unidentified writer. Internal clues suggest that the real author was a Londoner who was exceptionally well-informed about events and people in the period of the Wars of the Roses. He was possibly a clerk to the signet, as this book investigates further.

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