Erscheint: Januar 2027
Buch (Softcover): Sachbuch
The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris
Observations of Thirteenth-century Life
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Verlag:
The History Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35835025
EAN: 9781837054473
Erscheint: Januar 2027
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 44.–
Beschreibung
A unique record of life and events in the thirteenth century with full-colour reproductions of over a hundred of the original manuscript decorations. 'This, to put it plainly, is a tabloid monk, not a broadsheet monk. In this selection from his writings - a wonderfully relaxed translation from the Latin and French in which Brother Matthew wrote - he comes across, down all those intervening 750 years, as warm, cheerful, lively and violently prejudiced. a wonderful book. ' - Matthew Parris, The Times'Between the bravura set-pieces - chainmail-clad Archbishop Boniface ferociously battering a sub-prior against a pillar, a flood engulfing Winchelsea, the drunken prior of Thetford disembowelled by a Welsh monk - the writer's eye darts to and fro in search of the world's variety. While poison kills the Sultan of Babylon and the King of Scots drops dead mounting his horse, a Norfolk knight is castrated by a lynch mob, relic-hunters cut off St Edmund's right arm and Queen Eleanor buys a dwarf in the Isle of Wight. Brother Matthew says it all. ' - Jonathan Keates, The Observer'. sumptuously illustrated. a triumph. Anyone looking for a gift that combines artistic beauty with a fascinating historical text need look no further. ' - Nicholas Vincent, Catholic Herald'. splendid. beautifully illustrated. a credit to the publishers. ' - Contemporary Review'My book of the year. ' - The Good Book Guide
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Matthew Paris
- Richard Vaughan
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2027
Format
- Buch (Softcover)