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... Chronicle , which is not itself extant , but of which remains are embedded in the first part of Simeon of Durham's Historia regum Anglorum , written in the eleventh century . Stubbs believes that the original title of this lost work was ...
... Chronicle , which is not itself extant , but of which remains are embedded in the first part of Simeon of Durham's Historia regum Anglorum , written in the eleventh century . Stubbs believes that the original title of this lost work was ...
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... Chronicle nothing but a reading of it can give an adequate idea of the extent , richness , and raciness of the narrative . In spite of the fact that it is a court chronicle , there is a homeliness , a forthrightness , a vigor in the ...
... Chronicle nothing but a reading of it can give an adequate idea of the extent , richness , and raciness of the narrative . In spite of the fact that it is a court chronicle , there is a homeliness , a forthrightness , a vigor in the ...
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... chronicle which is itself an abridgment of a larger London Chronicle no longer extant , written by a contemporary and well - informed author . 12 Fabyan's history is devoted mainly to England , beginning with the arrival of Brutus ...
... chronicle which is itself an abridgment of a larger London Chronicle no longer extant , written by a contemporary and well - informed author . 12 Fabyan's history is devoted mainly to England , beginning with the arrival of Brutus ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ANCIENT ORIENT | 3 |
ANCIENT GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY | 21 |
THE ALEXANDRIAN AND POSTALEXANDRIAN EPOCH | 41 |
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