- Hardcover: 430 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press (Mar 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0198222416
- ISBN-13: 978-0198222415
- Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.6 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
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`Glaber's Histories were last edited more than a century ago. France's new edition not only makes them more accessible - students, and harassed tutors, will of course benefit greatly from the good and accurate English translation of the author's often clumsy and difficult Latin - but provides a long and illuminating introduction.' History
'As this millenium draws to its close, it seems only appropriate that the event be heralded by the appearance of a critical edition, together with a first English translation, of the Histories of Rodulfus Glaber and his Life of William of Dijon.' Lynn K. Barker, Mississippi State University, Albion
'Now, over a century since the last edition of his work, come two superb edition/translations of Rodulfus Glaber, which should form a firm foundation for both a more serious historical analysis of the man and his work and a wider audience for him and for those who work on him. Both editions offer an excellent edition of the text ... there is no doubt that both of these splendid editions now make it possible to study and teach Glaber on a solid foundation. For this, historians of the central Middle Ages, and, eventually, historians of the Europe whose birth Glaber chronicles, have much to thank these scholars.' Richard Landes, Boston University, Speculum, A Journal of Mediveal Studies, Jan 1993
'As this millenium draws to its close, it seems only appropriate that the event be heralded by the appearance of a critical edition, together with a first English translation, of the Histories of Rodulfus Glaber and his Life of William of Dijon.' Lynn K. Barker, Mississippi State University, Albion
'Now, over a century since the last edition of his work, come two superb edition/translations of Rodulfus Glaber, which should form a firm foundation for both a more serious historical analysis of the man and his work and a wider audience for him and for those who work on him. Both editions offer an excellent edition of the text ... there is no doubt that both of these splendid editions now make it possible to study and teach Glaber on a solid foundation. For this, historians of the central Middle Ages, and, eventually, historians of the Europe whose birth Glaber chronicles, have much to thank these scholars.' Richard Landes, Boston University, Speculum, A Journal of Mediveal Studies, Jan 1993
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The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for his Five Books of Histories, a major source for events in the first half of the eleventh century, and valuable above all for revealing the mental furniture of an eleventh-century monk - for his account of the millennium, of relics genuine and false, of church-building, and visions of saints and demons. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of the Histories, accompanied by a complete translation and a full historical commentary. Glaber also wrote a Life of his mentor, St William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer. The Life is reprinted after the Histories, again with translation and notes. The evidence for Glaber's life, and the value of his work are discussed in a Historical Introduction.
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Medieval History buffs take note, Mar 3 1998
By NugenPa@Earlham.edu - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rodulfus Glaber: The Five Books of the Histories, edited and translated by John France, and The Life of St William, edited by Neithard Bulst and translated by John France and Paul Reynolds (Hardcover)
This book is ungodly expensive, but so are most books in the Oxford Medieval Texts Series. It contains two works by the eleventh-century historian Rodulfus Glaber (sometimes called Ralph Glaber, sometimes Raoul Glaber). The first is his more important _Five Books of Histories_, which covers important events in the tenth and eleventh centuries from the viewpoint of a monk who had access to some good libraries and to some powerful people.
Those who are not scholars should not be put off by seeing the Latin text on each left hand page and the English on the right. The book makes accessible and pleasurable reading for history buffs. Glaber's stories are entertaining, poignant, and often insightful; they give a taste of what the world looked like to a person with very different cultural presuppositions than ours. He tells stories of kings, peasants, knights, miracles, monks, demons, famines, divine vengeance, and the eleventh-century Peace of God movement. A history buff will find this book interesting and engaging, and will find the translation to be smooth and fluid. The book also contains a translation of his life of St. William, abbot of Cluny, a less important text historically but full, likewise, of great stories.
But this is, after all, a scholarly edition. I wish France would arrange with Oxford to print a cheap paperback version with just the English translation and an introduction for non-specialists. I would use it in my medieval history courses without pause.
For scholars: France's critical edition of the Latin is excellent, and is now the standard critical edition, as well it should be. The notes to the text are helpful and suggestive. The critical apparatus is complete, and his discussion of MS variants often helpful. The translation is a little free at points, but it is well worth the readability it gives. For most scholarly purposes it is reliable, but for close textual work it is preferable to use the Latin and draw one's own conclusions about the particularities of France's (and in the case of the _Vita Willellmi_, his colleagues') translations.
P. J. Nugent
Asst. Prof. of Religion
Earlham College
Richmond, Indiana
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