Author: Richard of Devizes, Joseph Stevenson, editor
Title: Chronicon de Rebus Gestis Ricardi Primi
Description: London, Sumptibus Societatis, 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth. Rebound. 88p. Cover shows some signs of soiling and shelf wear. Pages edges soiled. Otherwise a clean and tight book in good condition. The Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi Primi (1192), by which Richard of Devizes is chiefly known, covers only the first three years of King Richard's reign; it is practically an account of events in England and the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. The narrator of the chronicle is a French Jewish cobbler giving advice to young French Christians intending to visit England. .

Keywords: Richard I, monarchy, English history


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