Liber Monasterii de Hyda
Comprising a Chronicle of the Affairs of England, from the Settlement of the Saxons to the Reign of King Cnut; and a Chartulary of the Abbey of Hyde, in Hampshire AD 455–1023

First published in 1866, this work comprises the cartulary of Hyde Abbey and a chronicle of Anglo-Saxon England, 455–1023.

Edward Edwards (Edited by)

9781108048699, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

610 pages, 1 colour illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm, 0.88 kg

Edward Edwards (1812–86), librarian, writer and utilitarian, has been described as a founder of modern librarianship. Employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library in 1861, he came across the large illuminated manuscript of the chronicle and cartulary that comprise this work, first published in 1866. The Latin text moves chronologically from 455 and the 'Legend of Albina' through six centuries of medieval English history, finishing at 1023 and the reign of King Cnut. Edwards, as editor, displays a librarian's zeal for detail: his extensive introduction provides a thorough history of Hyde Abbey, from foundation to dissolution. In the appendix, English translations of Anglo-Saxon charters and testaments (including those of Alfred the Great and King Eadred - the only known wills of Anglo-Saxon kings) provide further insight into England in the Early Middle Ages.

Introduction
1. Legend of Albina
2. De regno Cantae
3. De regno Suthsaxoniae
4. De regno Estsaxoniae
5. De regno Estanglorum
6. De regno Westsaxonum
7. Of the kingdom of the Mercians
8. De regno Northanhymrorum
9. De regibus Anglorum, qui, terrenum imperium relinquentes, ad vitam monsticam se transtulerunt
10. Unde Saxones qui in Anglia regnant traxerunt originem
11. De monarchis
12. Chronica Regis Adulphi
13. Chronica Regis Alfredi
14. Chronica Regis Edwardi Senioris
15. Chronicle of the reign of King Athelstan
16. Chronicle of the reign of King Edward the Elder
17. Chronica gloriosi Regis Edredi
18. Chronica Edwyni regis filii Edmundi regis supradicti
19. Chronica incliti Regis Edgari, filii Edmundi superioris regis
20. Chronica Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris, filii Edgari regis
21. Chronica Etheldredi regis, filii Edgari regis, et fratris Sancti Edwardi regis et martyris
22. Chronicles of the reign of King Edmund Ironside
23. Chronica Regis Cnutonis
Appendix
Glossary of obsolete, corrupt, and obscure words, occurring in 'Liber de Hyda'
Glossarial index of the names of places and boundaries
General index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]