Chartularies of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin: With The Register Of Its House At Dunbrody, And Annals Of Ireland: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) - Softcover

Gilbert, John T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110805224X ISBN 13: 9781108052245

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

John Thomas Gilbert (1829–98), historian and antiquary, was for thirty-four years librarian of the Royal Irish Academy. It was during this time, in 1884, that his two-volume edition of these chartularies, registers and annals was originally published as part of the Rolls Series. Volume 2 contains two collections of excerpts from the abbey's lost sixteenth-century register. Also included is the register of St Mary's Abbey, Dunbrody, and two portions of the annals of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin (which begin with the birth of Christ and end at the start of the thirteenth century, with the period between the third and tenth centuries unaccounted for). A further fragment of the 'Annals of Ireland', declared as 'of high historical importance', furnishes details of the activities of Robert Bruce. Gilbert, throughout, provides English side-notes to the Latin text. These, together with the helpful summary of contents and index to both volumes, make the work easier to navigate.

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Book Description

John Thomas Gilbert (1829–98), historian and antiquary, was for thirty-four years librarian of the Royal Irish Academy. His two-volume edition of chartularies, registers and annals was first published in 1884. With documents dating from across the medieval period, it represents an important source for Ireland's ecclesiastical history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110805224X
• ISBN 13: 9781108052245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720