The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. : From the beginning of the world to the year 1307 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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London :
H. G. Bohn,
1853.
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| Series: | Bohn's antiquarian library.
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| Item Description: | The part covering the period from A.D. 1259 to A.D. 1307 is largely a contemporaneous record. Matthew of Westminster, "an imaginary name given to a supposed author of a chronicle called 'Flores historiarum'; it is affixed to a manuscript of the 'Flores', probably written early in the fifteenth century ... The 'Flores' was partly compiled and partly composed by various writers at St. Albans and Westminster".--Dict. nat. biog. For a history of the work, cf. Dict. nat. biog. and the authorities to which it refers. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes ; 19 cm. |