The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham (1376-1422)

First complete translation of detailed chronicle of medieval England, one of Shakespeare's most important sources. Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Translated by David Preest with introduction and notes by James G. Clark Thomas Walsingham's Chronica maiora is one of the most comprehensive and colourful chronicles to survive from medieval England. Walsingham was a monk at St Albans Abbey, a royal monastery and the premier repository of public records, and therefore well placed