Rule, Martin, ed., Eadmeri Historia Novorum in Anglia, et Opuscula duo de Vita Sancti Anselmi et Quibusdam Miraculis ejus. (London: Longman & Co. (Rolls Series, No. 81),1884). Read this source online
Historia Nororum in Anglia; De Vita Sancti Anselmi et Quibusdam Miraculis Eius; De Vita et Conversatione Anselmi Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis; Quaedam Parva Descriptio Miraculorum Gloriosi Patris Anselmi Cantuariensis
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- Eadmer of Canterbury
1066 - 1140
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge MSS. 341, 371, 452; BL Cotton MS. Titus A. ix.
- Latin
- Original language included
- England
Canterbury
- Chronicle, Annals
- Hagiography
- Agriculture
- Architecture and Buildings
- Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars
- Clergy - Priests, Bishops, Canons
- Economy - Trade
- Family / Children
- Government
- Jews / Judaism
- Literature - Devotional
- Material Culture: Food, Clothing, Household
- Monasticism
- Nobility / Gentry
- Papacy
- Poverty / Charity
- Reform
- Religion - Institutional Church
- Revolt
- Royalty / Monarchs
- Saints
- Saints - Cults / Relics
- Towns / Cities
- Travel / Pilgrimage
- War - Military History
- Women / Gender
- Index
- Appendix
- Introduction
The introduction begins with a discussion of the Historia Novorum in Anglia which includes a description of the manuscripts, a summary of the chronicle and comments on the chronological blunders Eadmer made. The editor goes on to write about “de vita et conversatione anselmi archieposcopi cantuariensis.” In this section he discusses the Anselmian anecdotes and attempts to identify the original manuscript. Finally the editor discusses the “quaedam Parva Descriptio Miraculorum Gloriosi Patris Anselmi” before moving on to provide a biographical sketch of Eadmer.
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This volume contains Eadmer’s Historia Novorum in Anglia and his Vita Sancti Anselmi quaedam Miracula eius (which, though one text was initially composed as two treatises). Both works are concerned with the life of St. Anselm. St. Anselm died in April 1109. Eadmer, a monk at Christ Church Canterbury and confidant of the saint, began to write his Life soon thereafter. His Historia Novorum in Anglia began with the Norman Conquest (1066) and devoted a considerable passage at the beginning to Lanfranc (the archbishop of Canterbury until 1089). The text records the history of St. Anselm’s elevation to the throne of Canterbury, his exile in 1097, and his second departure from England after the ascension of Henry I (1100-1135). In this portion of the text Eadmer is extremely critical of Anselm’s rival, William Rufus (1086-1100), and he has included the text of several letters that passed between the saint, William Rufus and Henry I. The last two books give the history of Canterbury from the saint’s death until 1122. The first of the two treatises Eadmer composed is a collection of anecdotes that Anselm supposedly told about himself. Most of them are extremely brief, but are valuable reflections of the saint and may have been recorded during his lifetime. The two treatises were composed together and form a Life of St. Anselm.