[PDF] Vera Historia eBook

Author : James P. Carley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780859915724

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The essays in this volume, some reprinted in their original form and some extensively revised, are concerned with the Arthurian traditions associated with Glastonbury Abbey. Certain of the essays are analytic and others provide editions of hitherto unknown texts. They all examine ways in which legendary materials and historical facts interconnected in the process by which Glastonbury Abbey came to present itself, nationally and internationally, as the custodian of King Arthur's relics and the burial place of Joseph of Arimathea, and the importance, political and ecclesiastical, that it derived from the connection. Professor JAMES CARLEY is the author of Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous and a past editor of Arthurian Literature. Topics: Glastonbury Legends (WATKIN, GRANSDEN), Legend of St Joseph of Glastonbury (LAGORIO), Guinevere at Glastonbury (WOOD), Vera Historia de Morte Arthuri (BARBER, LAPIDGE), Was Mordred buried at Glastonbury? (BARBER), Glastonbury in Welsh Vernacular Tradition (LLOYD-MORGAN), Second Exhumation of Arthur's Remains, 1278 (PARSONS), Abbey Memorial Plate (GOODALL), Arthur's Epitaph/s (CARLEY, BROWN, WRIGHT, WITHRINGTON), Hardyng and Holy Grail (KENNEDY, RIDDY), Henry V and Joseph of Arimathea's Bones, Holy Cross of Waltham at Montacute, Excavation of Arthur's Grave (CARLEY), Perlesvaus (Wells fragment), Quedam Narracio de nobili rege Arthuro, De Origine Gigantum (CARLEY, CRICK, EVANS), Glastonbury tablets (KROCHALIS), Relics in 14th Century (CARLEY, HOWLEY).

Author : Of Samosata Lucian
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"Trips to the Moon" by Of Samosata Lucian was originally written in the 2nd century, though it was later translated in the late 1800s. A satire about society through the lens of the ancient Greeks, the book is just as fun and insightful to read now as it was nearly two thousand years ago when it was first penned.

Author : C. S. Jerram
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781330656228

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Excerpt from Luciani Vera Historia: Edited With Introduction and Notes for the Use of Middle Forms in Schools The publication of this edition of Lucian's Vera Historia follows rather closely upon that of Cebetis Tabula, edited by me for the Clarendon Press Series a few months ago. Although these two works are widely different in character, my object in publishing them is in both cases the same; viz. to provide the student of Greek, in the earlier stages of his work, with a greater variety of material than he now has at his disposal. The fact that fewer boys now learn Greek than was formerly the case, substitution of 'modern' subjects being very generally allowed, is a reason why ampler provision should be made for those who do; since these may fairly be presumed to have some aptitude for the study and a desire to attain some proficiency in it. To get this result the interest of the pupil must be excited, not indeed at the expense of verbal accuracy or so as to avoid the necessary labour, but alongside of this and by way of an additional incentive to work. 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.