Author: Capgrave, Johannis [ John ] & Hingeston, Francis Charles [editor]
Title: Johannis Capgrave Liber De Illustribus Henricis [ Chronicles And Memorials Of Great Britain And Ireland During The Middle Ages Volume 7 ]
Description: Longmans, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858, 1st edition. Quarter leather, G. lxii+319pp+15pp publishers catalogue, folding plate, Ex-Library [Hammersmith Public] stamps & bookplates, leather rather rubbed to the edges of the spine with a few nicks & tears, text block clean & unmarked. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Interesting & useful account of the lives of German Emperors & English Kings with the name Henry. In three parts, Henries of the Empire [ Henry I - Henry VI ] English History [ Henry I to Henry VI ] and thirdly other biographies 1031 - 1406. The book also contains Capgraves prologue to his Nova Legenda Angliae as well as dedicatory epistles to his commentaries on the Creeds, Acts of the Apostles & the Book of Genesis. Capgrave [ 1393 - 1464 ] Agustinian monk & historian.

Keywords: medieval history, theology, biography, royalty