Bisson Thomas N Editor and Translator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 393pp. Black boards.new condition. Dark Yellow jacket is pristine. "Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power in the entire Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204). In addition, it includes commentary on many contemporaneous issues and concerns, notably about elections, successions, and deaths of bishops and abbots in Normandy and England, but also about events in France, the Empire, and the crusader kingdom in Palestine" Size: Octavo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 393pp. Black boards.new condition. Dark Yellow jacket is pristine. "Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power in the entire Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204). In addition, it includes commentary on many contemporaneous issues and concerns, notably about elections, successions, and deaths of bishops and abbots in Normandy and England, but also about events in France, the Empire, and the crusader kingdom in Palestine". Volume II offers annotated translations of nine of Torigno's writings, including letters, prologues, and additions to the composite editions of the chronicle at the abbeys of Fecamp, Reading Lyre, and La Valasse. Size: Octavo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition.