Otia imperialia
Subtitle: recreation for an emperor
By: Gervase of Tilbury ; edited and translated by S.E. Banks and J.W. Binns.
Contributors: Banks, S. E.; Binns, J. W.
Series: Oxford medieval texts
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 1013
Subjects: Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, ca. 1175-1218.; Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600.; Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern); Education of princes.
Genres: Translations into English.; Early works to 1600.
Description: "This is the first English translation and the first modern critical edition of Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia. Gervase wrote the Otis Imperialia in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. It presents an encyclopedic melange of cosmographical, historical, and geographical information and a wealth of learned and original accounts of folklore and popular belief. It also contains advice to Otto and pertinent remarks on the relationship between Empire and Papacy, together with scientific and theological speculation. The edition also includes Gervase's recently discovered Commentary on the Lord's Prayer. Gervase was a voracious and eclectic reader; his many borrowings are identified in this fully annotated edition."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.