Chronicle of Geoffrey Le Baker of Swinbrook 9781843836919

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Автор: Preest David
Название: Chronicle of Geoffrey Le Baker of Swinbrook
ISBN: 9781843836919
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
Классификация:

История Британии и Ирландии

ISBN-10: 1843836912
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 184
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 30.06.2012
Серия: History
Язык: English
Размер: 241 x 155 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Geoffrey le Bakers chronicle covers the reigns of Edward II and Edward III up to the English victory at Poitiers. It starts in a low key, copying an earlier chronicle, but by the end of Edward IIs reign he offers a much more vivid account. His description of Edward IIs last days is partly based on the eyewitness account of his patron, Sir Thomas de la More, who was present at one critical interview. Bakers story of Edwards death, like many other details from his chronicle, was picked up by Tudor historians, particularly by Holinshed, who was the source for Shakespeares history plays. The reign of Edward III is dominated, not by Edward III himself, but by Bakers real hero, Edward prince of Wales. His bravery aged 16 at Crécy is presented as a prelude to his victory at Poitiers, a battle which Baker is able to describe in great detail, apparently from what he was told by the princes commanders. It is a rarity among medieval battles, because - in sharp contrast to the total anarchy at Crécy - the prince and his staff were able to see the enemys manoeuvres. Throughout the chronicle there are sharply defined vignettes which stay in the mind - the killing of the Scottish champion on Halidon Hill, the drowning of Sir Edward Bohun, the earls of Salisbury and Suffolk as prisoners carried in a cart, the death of Sir Walter Selby and his two sons, the bravery of Sir Thomas Dagworth against a cobblers son, the duel between Otho and the duke of Lancaster, John Dancaster and the lewd washerwoman. Baker writes in a complex Latin which even scholars find problematic, and David Preests new translation will be widely welcomed by anyone interested in the fourteenth century. There are extensive notes and an introduction by Richard Barber.

Chronicle of Geoffrey Le Baker of Swinbrook, Preest David