Flete/Robinson
Flete/Robinson by John Flete is a scholarly work published by Cambridge University Press on May 19, 2011. This edition, comprising 165 pages and presented in Latin, features a manuscript history written by the monk John Flete, dating back to approximately 1420–1465. The text, originally published in 1909, includes Flete’s transcriptions of charters and other documents, providing a historical account that begins with the legendary foundation of Westminster Abbey by ‘King Lucius’ in 184 CE.
Readers will find an introduction by J. Armitage Robinson, the Dean of Westminster, which discusses the history of the text, manuscript sources, and the reliability of Flete’s chronology. While the main text remains untranslated, English side-notes offer an abstract of the narrative. The manuscript also describes the abbey’s appearance during Flete’s time and highlights significant national ceremonies that occurred within this historic site. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in the history of Westminster Abbey and its documentation.
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The Dean of Westminster, J. Armitage Robinson (1862–1936), was responsible for the publication of several works about the history of the abbey (his Manuscripts of Westminster Abbey and Gilbert Crispin, Abbot of Westminster are also reissued in this series). This edition of a manuscript history in Latin, written by the monk John Flete (c. 1420–1465) was published in 1909. Robinson’s introduction discusses the history of the text, the manuscript sources, the nature of the content (which contains Fleet’s transcriptions of charters and other documents) and the reliability of Flete’s chronology. The text itself is not translated, but side-notes in English provide an abstract of the narrative, which begins in legendary times with the foundation of the abbey by ‘King Lucius’ in 184 CE. Flete also describes the appearance of the abbey in his own day, and the ceremonies of national significance which took place in this ancient building.
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