Flores historiarum per Matthæum VVestmonasteriensem collecti. Præcipu de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini. 1307.

All titles

• Flores historiarum per Matthæum VVestmonasteriensem collecti. Præcipu de rebus Britannicis ab exordio mundi vsque ad annum Domini. 1307.
• Historia major. Abridgments

People / Organizations

• Matthew Paris (Author)

Imprint

Londini: ex officina Thomæ Marshij, anno Domini. 1573.

Publication year

1573-1573

ESTC No.

S94148

Grub Street ID

152483

Description

[10], 440, 218, [2], 219-466, [22] p. ; 2⁰

Note

Book 1, covering through the year 1066, follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work, with additions, covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger.

"Matth¾um Westmonasteriensem" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation.

The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum", probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan, Richard. "Matthew Paris" (Cambridge, 1958).

Edited by Matthew Parker.