Byrhtferth of Ramsey's Historia Regum

by Lapidge and Michael Lapidge

During the past generation, Byrhtferth of Ramsey (c. 970 - c. 1020) has emerged as one of the principal authors of late Anglo-Saxon England, whose writings - in both Latin and Old English - are among the most important sources for our understanding of early English history. This work, the Historia regum, is transmitted anonymously in the single manuscript which preserves it; but Byrhtferth's idiosyncratic and individual Latin style allows certain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192849700
• ISBN13: 9780192849700
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"