{"product_id":"the-chronicle-of-john-of-mcgurk-9780198916147","title":"The Chronicle of John of Worcester: Volume IV: Chronicula","description":"John of Worcester is celebrated for his work on the Worcester \u003cem\u003eChronica Chronicarum\u003c\/em\u003e, which was put together in stages in the first half of the twelfth century, and which became one of the most important historical texts to have survived from Britain of that period. A great deal of our understanding of early medieval British history, from before and after the Norman Conquest, depends upon it. At a late stage in the production of the \u003cem\u003eChronica Chronicarum\u003c\/em\u003e, John turned his hand to the writing of an abbreviated chronicle, which he called his \u003cem\u003eChronicula\u003c\/em\u003e, and which survives in a single, autograph manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin. The \u003cem\u003eChronicula\u003c\/em\u003e interacts with its parent text, the \u003cem\u003eChronica Chronicarum\u003c\/em\u003e, in interesting ways: it reassembles the \u003cem\u003eChronica\u003c\/em\u003e according to the reigns of the emperors, it splices together information from different annals and sometimes redrafts the \u003cem\u003eChronica\u003c\/em\u003e's entries, thus providing an altered emphasis. The \u003cem\u003eChronicula\u003c\/em\u003e also contains unique details (notably a set of poems and two long miracle episodes) and makes use of sources in ways that are not seen in the \u003cem\u003eChronica\u003c\/em\u003e. In editing, translating, and providing a full introduction and commentary to the \u003cem\u003eChronicula\u003c\/em\u003e for the first time, the volume provides both crucial access to twelfth-century historiographical material and unprecedented detail concerning the working methods of a twelfth-century monastic historian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McGurk, D. A. Woodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198916140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198916147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 5.80w x 0.91d","brand":"McGurk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135226265855,"sku":"9780198916147","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9acc81b-db52-4a06-95d3-97dee0fdb7e4.jpg?v=1755009508","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-chronicle-of-john-of-mcgurk-9780198916147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}