Chronicle of John of Worcester: Volume III: The Annals from 1067 to 1140 with the Gloucester Interpolations and the Continuation to 1141

The chronicle of John of Worcester is one of the most important sources for earlier English history. Completed at Worcester by 1140, it is of considerable interest to historians of both the Anglo-Saxon period and the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Its annals complement and add significantly to those in the surviving versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It has never been adequately translated and a modern edition has long been needed. In thisvolume, Dr McGurk uses all the available manuscript evidence, as well as the additions for 1122-41 made in a Gloucester continuation of a manuscript started in Johns own handwriting. Taken with these interpolations, the chronicle offers crucial evidence for the first five years of King Stephens reign. The Chronicle will be published in three volumes. Volume II covers the annals from 450 to 1066, and Volume III from 1067 to 1140. Volume I will be published last, and will contain a general introduction and supplementary material.

this volume conforms to the high standards of Oxford Medieval Texts, and has a clear and helpful layout, notably to represent what are very substantial differences between the manuscripts ... a lucid introduction., the appearance of John's chronicle in an edition of this quality will make it possible for scholars to explore the mind as well as the world of a medieval historian of particular interest., this edition is a most impressive achievement and of the highest scholarly standard., No other chronicler in John's time has left such a clear picture of his working method. It is good to have at last en edition which does full justice to the value and itnerest of John's chronicle. McGurk provides an excellent account of John's sources and of the chronicles importance as a record of historical facts., medievalists have had to wait a long time for a scholarly edition.