Ralph Flenley
Published: 2016-09-28
Total Pages: 212
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Excerpt from Six Town Chronicles of England: Edited From Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, the Library of St. John's College, Oxford, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and the Library of the Marquis of Bath at Longleat Town Chronicles have long been accorded a place, albeit a humble one, in the field of historical literature, but only within the last few years has it been possible to attempt anything like an exhaustive survey Of them. For London, with which in this connexion no other English cities or towns may be compared, more than a score of chronicles, differing very much in date of compilation, length, and value, are now accessible. Further, critical examination of the existing versions has shown that in not a few cases they have been compiled from London chronicles not now extant, so that the total number is considerably larger than the list of seven drawn up more than fifty years ago as inclusive of all the Chronicles of London.1 Similarly there have been discovered many chronicles for towns other than London, which, although as a rule written at a somewhat later date and of less value, still merit consideration in any treatment of the subject as a whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.