Excerpt from The Brut, or the Chronicles of England, Vol. 1: Edited From the Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library, &C After 1333 we have a certain number of original English continuations. The first of these, finishing with the death of Edward 111 in 1377, represents the same version in all mss. But after that date we have several continuations which are quite independent of each other. Of these the most important ones have been chosen for publication. Very few of these continuations can with any certainty be ascribed to a ...
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Excerpt from The Brut, or the Chronicles of England, Vol. 1: Edited From the Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library, &C After 1333 we have a certain number of original English continuations. The first of these, finishing with the death of Edward 111 in 1377, represents the same version in all mss. But after that date we have several continuations which are quite independent of each other. Of these the most important ones have been chosen for publication. Very few of these continuations can with any certainty be ascribed to a known author; most of them exist only in copies of mss. Which have perished or dropt out of sight. But the question of authorship ceases to be of paramount importance, when the information contained in the text can be thoroughly tested by contemporary writers, as is the case in the present Chronicle. The value of such portions of the narrative as are incapable of external authentication, depends on the gen)erally faithful character of the context where it has been so proved. J As history, the first part possesses much original value in its later parts after the accession of Edward II 3 while in several of the continuations the narrative becomes even that of a con temporary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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