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A Summarie of the Chronicles of England, Diligently Collected, Abridged, and Continued Unto This Present Yeare of Christ, 1604, by John Stow
Author(s): Barrett L. Beer (Editor), Roger B. Manning (Foreword)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 476 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780773452671
- ISBN-13: 0773452672
Book Description
A tailor by trade, Stow presented a view of the past aimed at merchants, skilled craftsmen, and other members of the newly literate middle classes, rather than the clergy, the university, and the court. This is an abridgment of his full chronicles, which proved too expensive for his target readers, arranged by sovereign from William I to James I. Editor Barrett L. Beer (emeritus history, Kent State U.) provides explanatory footnotes and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, but no index. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
