Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.22 - Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Jocelin of Brakelond was a monk at Bury St Edmunds monastery at the time of the famous Abbot Samson, whose election and abbacy Jocelin describes. Jocelin writes his account of the monastery in a Latin that contains references to both the Bible and classical writers, as well as words drawn from Greek, or based on contemporary French and English.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 228 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024