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Medieval Latin Texts

William of Newburgh: The History of English Affairs, Book 1
edited and translated by P. G. Walsh
The History of English Affairs, covering the years 10661198, was written at the close of the twelfth century and has been described as being "both in substance and in form ... the finest historical work left to us by an Englishman of the twelfth century" (The Dictionary of National Biography). The author's critical ability, gifts of acute observation, clear judgment and tolerant impartiality justify his high reputation as an original ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.00

Joseph of Exeter: The Trojan War I-III
with an introduction, translation and commentary by A. K. Bate~
Joseph wrote his epic around the year 1180, and revised it at the court of Henry II of England where he had obtained some sort of post through the influence of his uncle, Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury. The work is one of a series of texts in Latin and Anglo-Norman, apparently commissioned by the King, helping to trace back the Plantagenet line to the Trojans. It is a pendant to the Anglo-Norman Roman de Troie written by Benoît de ...
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The Ruodlieb
C,W Grocock
The Ruodlieb, an anonymous narrative poem dating from the 11th century, is widely acknowledged to be one of the most interesting pieces of latin literature to have survived from the Middle Ages, albeit in a fragmentary state. The poem describes the fortunes of a young knight in a foreign country and on his return home, embodies many features both of medieval latin epic and of vernacular works such as the Nibelungenlied, looking forward in many ...
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Christians and Moors in Spain: Vol 1, Latin and vernacular documents AD 711-1150
edited and translated by Colin Smith
This volume gathers together extracts from texts in Latin, Hispanic vernaculars, and French, concerning the relations of the Christians and Moors in Spain in the first four hundred years of their co-existence in the Peninsula. An effort has been made to illustrate aspects other than the exclusively military. The texts are both historical and 'literary' (this distinction not being one that the medieval mind would make) and in both prose and verse; ...
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Christians and Moors in Spain. Vol 2: Latin documents and vernacular documents AD 1195-1614
edited and translated by Colin Smith
The two previous volumes draw a fascinating picture of the confrontation between the Christians and Moors in Spain from the Christian side. This volume attempts to redress the balance by describing many of the same incidents from the Muslims' point of view. The close intermingling of Christians and Moors, whether in love, in politics or in the common enjoyment of popular festivals, helps to account for the unique character of Islamic society in ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00

Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources Fascicule IX: Pa-Pen
edited by David Howlett
This fascicule continues the project to record the continued usage of classical and late Latin between the 6th and 16th centuries. 96p (Oxford UP/British Academy 2005)
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

Simeon's History of the Church of Durham
translated by Joseph Stevenson
Reprint of 1855 edition. About 170p. (Llanerch 1993)
Paperback. Price GB £11.00

Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources: Bibliography from Fascicule III
Latham, R. E.
Paperback. Price GB £7.50

Fracastoro's Syphilis
Eatough, Geoffrey
Girolamo Fracastoro (?1478-1553) was a doctor and scientist, as well as a poet. He was born in the northern Italian city of Verona, into a prominent local family. Verona is at one of the crossroads of Europe, and although Fracastoro's whole life was spent ...
Hardback. Price GB £30.00

Latin Arthurian Literature
Leake Day, Mildred
Latin is the language not only of numerous Arthurian chronicles - including the most important of all, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie - but also of a small number of important but largely neglected romances concerning Arthur and ...
Hardback. Price GB £50.00