Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani
A Thoma Walsingham, regnante Ricardo Secundo, compilata

An 1867–9 edition of a late fourteenth-century history of the abbots of St Albans, covering six centuries (793–1393).

Henry Thomas Riley (Edited by), Thomas Walsingham (Author)

9781108046824, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

574 pages, 1 colour illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.83 kg

Between 1863 and 1876, the Rolls Series published several works about the abbey of St Albans, edited by Henry Thomas Riley (1816–78) under the rubric Chronica monasterii S. Albani. This account of the achievements of its abbots was compiled and enlarged by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340–c.1422), who supervised the scriptorium at St Albans until 1394, and wrote several other historical works. It appeared in three volumes between 1867 and 1869. The early part of the Gesta reworks earlier accounts, including that by Matthew Paris (d.1259), but the section covering 1308–93 was composed by Walsingham himself and is an important primary source for fourteenth-century English history. Volume 1 covers the period from the foundation of the abbey by King Offa in 793 to 1290. The Latin text (with English side-notes) includes references to the aftermath of the Norman Conquest and to the Fourth Lateran Council.

Introduction
Abbots of St. Alban's, mentioned in the 'Gesta abbatum'
Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani. Sectio prima, a Matthaeo Parisiensi, pro majori parte, conscripta
Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani. Sectio secunda
Appendix.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]