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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 22nd March 1942 Martin Henig was born.
From 1955 to 1960 Martin Henig (age 12) was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, Three Rivers.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London where he was awarded a Diploma of Archaeology.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at Worcester College, Oxford University where he was awarded a doctorate for a thesis on Engraved Gemstones from British Sites published in 1974, with new editions published in 1978 and 2007.
From 1960 to 1963 Martin Henig (age 17) was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge University where he was awarded BA and MA.
On 6th March 1975 Martin Henig (age 32) was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
In 1984 Martin Henig (age 41) published Religion in Roman Britain (Batsford).
Between 1985 and 2007 Martin Henig (age 42) was editor of the Journal of the British Archaeological Association.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1994 Martin Henig (age 51) published The Art of Roman Britain (Batsford).
Between 1997 and 2009 Martin Henig (age 54) was a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.