The St Albans Chronicle: The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, Volume I: 1376-1394

Thomas Walsingham, a monk of St Albans, is described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers. His work covers the years 1376 to 1420, providing an important account of English history. This book contains a part of his chronicle which can be said to be written by 1400. It is an example of the rewriting of history in late medieval England.
Thomas Walsingham, a monk of St Albans, has been described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers. His major work, the "Chronica Maiora", covers the years 1376 to 1420, and is one of the most important accounts of English history to be written in England at this time It is found in no fewer than three separate publications in the "Rolls Series", and was printed from manuscripts whose exact identity was not then clearly understood. The nature of the "Rolls Series" publications, and the different versions of the chronicle, have raised questions concerning the inter-relationship of the various manuscripts of the "Chronica Maiora" and also of Walsingham's own involvement with the text. In this new edition these problems are considered, and the "Chronica Maiora" is shown to be predominantly the work of one man, Thomas Walsingham Volume one of "The St Albans Chronicle" contains that part of Walsingham's chronicle which can, with some confidence, be said to have been written by 1400.