Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text, which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.

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Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text, which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.

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Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury: Recreation for an Emperor

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Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text, which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198202882
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 07/18/2002
Series: Oxford Medieval Texts Series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 1112
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 2.30(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
List of Sigla
Text and Translation
Appendices
Indexes

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