Monumenta Historica Britannica
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Monumenta Historica Britannica (MHB), Or Materials for the History of Britain, From the Earliest Period, is an incomplete work by Keeper of the Records
of the Tower of London
Henry Petrie, assisted by John Sharpe. Only the first volume covering material prior to the Norman Conquest was printed in 1848 by G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode for Her Majesty. It was reprinted by Gregg Publishing in March 1971 (ISBN 0576199958).
Petrie drafted the proposal to include all the references to Britain in the Greek and Roman writers, as well as general histories and annals.
In 1823 the Record Commission, predecessor to the Public Record Office
, gave the task to Henry Petrie. The work was suspended in 1835 by order of the commissioners, after Petrie had prepared the first volume and had started work on the second, "due to a misunderstanding between them and Petrie." Petrie died in 1842. The first volume was posthumously published by Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy
, Petrie's successor.
It contains chronicles, or parts thereof, to 1066:
Keeper of the Records
Keeper of the Records can refer to:* Keeper of the Records of Scotland, the head of the National Archives of Scotland* Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records, a post within the Court of the Lord Lyon, responsible for maintaining the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland* Secretary and...
of the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
Henry Petrie, assisted by John Sharpe. Only the first volume covering material prior to the Norman Conquest was printed in 1848 by G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode for Her Majesty. It was reprinted by Gregg Publishing in March 1971 (ISBN 0576199958).
Petrie drafted the proposal to include all the references to Britain in the Greek and Roman writers, as well as general histories and annals.
In 1823 the Record Commission, predecessor to the Public Record Office
Public Record Office
The Public Record Office of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives...
, gave the task to Henry Petrie. The work was suspended in 1835 by order of the commissioners, after Petrie had prepared the first volume and had started work on the second, "due to a misunderstanding between them and Petrie." Petrie died in 1842. The first volume was posthumously published by Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy
Thomas Duffus Hardy
Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy was an English archivist and antiquary.-Life:He was the third son of Major Thomas Bartholomew Price Hardy, and belonged to a family several members of which had distinguished themselves in the British navy. Born at Port Royal in Jamaica, he crossed over to England and in...
, Petrie's successor.
Volume I. Extending To The Norman Conquest
- Preface by Thomas Duffus HardyThomas Duffus HardySir Thomas Duffus Hardy was an English archivist and antiquary.-Life:He was the third son of Major Thomas Bartholomew Price Hardy, and belonged to a family several members of which had distinguished themselves in the British navy. Born at Port Royal in Jamaica, he crossed over to England and in...
It contains chronicles, or parts thereof, to 1066:
- Æthelweard's ChroniconChroniconThe Chronicon is a title used for a work that provides dates. Some such items are:* The Chronicon * The Chronicon * The Chronicon * The Chronicon * The Chronicon Paschale...
- Anglo-Saxon ChronicleAnglo-Saxon ChronicleThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great...
- Annales CambriaeAnnales CambriaeAnnales Cambriae, or The Annals of Wales, is the name given to a complex of Cambro-Latin chronicles deriving ultimately from a text compiled from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales, not later than the 10th century...
- AsserAsserAsser was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court...
- BedeBedeBede , also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede , was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow , both in the Kingdom of Northumbria...
- Brut y TywysogionBrut y TywysogionBrut y Tywysogion is one of the most important primary sources for Welsh history. It is an annalistic chronicle that serves as a continuation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae. Brut y Tywysogion has survived as several Welsh translations of an original Latin version, which has...
- Chronologia brevissima
- Florence of WorcesterFlorence of WorcesterFlorence of Worcester , known in Latin as Florentius, was a monk of Worcester, who played some part in the production of the Chronicon ex chronicis, a Latin world chronicle which begins with the creation and ends in 1140....
- Genealogia regum
- Geoffrey GaimarGeoffrey GaimarGeoffrey Gaimar , was an Anglo-Norman chronicler. Gaimar's most significant contribution to medieval literature and history is as a translator from Old English to Anglo-Norman. His L'Estoire des Engles translates extensive portions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as well as using Latin and French...
- GildasGildasGildas was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens...
- Guy of Amiens
- Henry of Huntington
- NenniusNenniusNennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century.He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work, This attribution is widely considered a secondary tradition....
- Simeon of Durham
- An account of British and Roman coins, with 17 full page plates of coins
- Folding map by W. Hughes
- Speeches of BoadiceaBoudicaBoudica , also known as Boadicea and known in Welsh as "Buddug" was queen of the British Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
to her soldiers as reported by the Roman historian, Dio Cassius (epitome of John XiphilinusJohn XiphilinusJoannes Xiphilinus , epitomator of Dio Cassius, lived at Constantinople during the latter half of the 11th century AD. He was a monk and the nephew of Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople, a well-known preacher ....
) - Bibliography of over a hundred classical authorities from about 100 A.D. onwards that mention Britain.