The chronicles of Rome
Subtitle: an edition of the Middle English Chronicles of popes and emperors ; and, The Lollard chronicle
By: edited by Dan Embree.
Contributors: Embree, Dan.; Magdalene College (University of Cambridge).; Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge).
Series: Medieval chronicles ;; 1
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng; enm
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Martinus, Polonus, d. 1279. -- Criticism, Textual.; Lollard chronicle -- Criticism, Textual.; World history -- Early works to 1800.; English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts.; Manuscripts, Medieval -- England -- Cambridge.; Manuscripts, English (Middle); Transmission of texts.; Lollards -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Lollard chronicle.
Description: The two Middle English chronicles presented here record the lives of the popes and emperors of Rome; they are the only surviving Middle English texts devoted principally to such material. The first is the fourteenth-century Chronicle of Popes and Emperors, a translation and abbreviation of Martinus Polonus's thirteenth-century Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum; it served as a reference book for clerics and religious institutions, providing some three hundred biographies. The second is the Lollard Chronicle, a selection of popes' and emperors' biographies aiming to discredit the papacy and justify the sovereignty of secular authorities in accordance with Wycliffite doctrines; it provides vital evidence for a Lollard reading of history.
Notes: Text in English with manuscripts in Middle English translated from Latin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-269) and index.