St. Edmund of Abingdon


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Abingdon lsr copy kept in glass case.




The Life of St. Edmund


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The first English translation of an important Latin text by the 13th century chronicler Mathew Parsis. A valusable, previously inaccesible source, it documents the life and canonization of St. Edmund of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury 1233-40, and the first teacher at Oxford about whom anything is known.













The Encyclopædia Britannica


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Historical Writing in England


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Using a variety of sources including chronicles, annals, secular and sacred biographies and monographs on local histories Historical Writing in England by Antonia Gransden offers a comprehensive critical survey of historical writing in England from the mid-sixth century to the early sixteenth century. Based on the study of the sources themselves, these volumes also offer a critical assessment of secondary sources and historiographical development.