Chronicon Henrici Knighton vel Cnitthon, Monachi Leycestrensis

A two-volume Latin history of England from before the Norman Conquest to the late fourteenth century, published 1889–95.

Henry Knighton (Author), Joseph Rawson Lumby (Edited by)

9781108053402, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

544 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.79 kg

This two-volume work was published as part of the Rolls Series between 1889 and 1895. A history of England, it deals principally with the period from 1066 until the death of author Henry Knighton around 1396. An introductory section of material largely drawn from Ranulf Higden adds what Knighton describes as necessary context to the recounting of the Norman Conquest. Volume 1 covers the period up to 1336, just before the start of the Hundred Years' War. It begins with the last century of Anglo-Saxon rule - an age of murders, treachery and 'evil times' - and covers the Norman period and the Plantagenets, culminating in the murder of Edward II. As editor, Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831–95) has been criticised for oversights, errors and omissions. Nevertheless, his detailed contents and marginalia make the Latin text more accessible to the modern reader.

Introduction
Book I
Preface
1. The records of Leicester abbey
2. King Ethelred and his evil times
3. Canute made king
4. Higden's account of Robert, duke of Normandy
5. Grounds of Canute's claim to the throne of England
6. Reigns of Harold Harefoot and of Hardecanute
7. Higden's account of Pope Gregory VI
8. Higden's narrative of the accession and reign of Edward the Confessor
9. Foundation of the abbey of Bec
10. Notices of Edward's treatment of Earl Godwin
11. Higden's notice of Godwin's death
12. Extracts from Higden
13. Extracts from Higden (cont.)
14. Extracts from Higden (cont.)
15. Higden's notice of of the sickness and death of the Confessor
16. Harold crowned king
Book II: 1. Normans land at Pevensey bay and at Sandwich
2. Voice heard by William in the night
3. War between William I and Malcolm of Scotland
4. Extracts from Higden continued
5. Higden's account of the accession of William Rufus
6. Mainly on the ecclesiastical history of England at this time
7. Story about one who prayed for the dead
8. Henry made king of England
9. Victory of Henry I over the king of France
10. Continuing the history down to Stephen's death
11. Of St Patrick the younger and his preaching
12. Knighton's notices of the family of Henry II
13. History of Richard I
14. The story of how Richard gained the name of Cor Leonis
15. King John's confiscation of church property
16. Battle of Lincoln
Book III: 1. English and Welsh history from 1272 to 1285
2. English, Scotch, and Welsh history to 1294
3. The Scotch rebellion and its suppression
4. Letter of King Edward to Pope Boniface
5. Conflict between the king and the clergy
6. War between France and England
7. Exactions of King Edward from the clergy
8. Answer to the cardinals
9. Edward's resolve to cross into Flanders
10. Events of the Scotch war
11. English border skirmishing
12. The English preparations for invading Scotland
13. Peace between France and England
14. English affairs between 1307 and 1321
15. English events down to the deposition of Edward II
16. Affairs of England and Scotland down to 1335.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]