Matthew Paris

Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press,, 1979; (1958). "Reissued with supplementary bibliography 1979.". xii, 287 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, facsimiles, diagrams; 22 cm; index and bibl. Tight and clean with minor sunniing to spine. Overal very good(+) thus,  Paperback. ISBN:  0‑521‑29575‑0

Professor Vaughan's book on the life and works of Matthew Paris is a full-scale study of one of the most important of the medieval chroniclers of European as well as British history. First published in 1958, it is re-issued in recognition of its continuing importance as an essential reference for all students of medieval and ecclesiastical history. The cover illustration depicts a famous image from Paris’s manuscripts: the elephant given to Henry III of England by Louis IX of France in 1255, which Matthew Paris sketched from life—one of the earliest surviving European depictions of the animal. The drawing highlights his rare combination of textual and visual chronicling, making his work invaluable for both historians and art historians.¶ Contents: 1. The Life of Matthew Paris; 2. Matthew Paris and Roger Wendover; 3. The Handwriting and Authorship of the Historical Manuscripts; 4. The Relationship and Chronology of the Chronica Majora, the Historic Anglorum, and the Liber Additamentorum; 5. The Liber Additamentorum; 6. The Flores Historiarum: some Manuscript Problems; 7. Matthew Paris's Historical Works: Abridgement and Expurgation; 8. Matthew Paris the Chronicler; 9. Matthew Paris the Hagiologist; 10. Matthew Paris the Domestic Historian; 11. Matthew Paris the Artist; 12. Other Interests..