Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Online Library Catalogue The Plantagenet Chronicles Source ID: S-00000743 Full Title: The Plantagenet Chronicles Editor(s): Dr Elizabeth Hallam (Hallam, (Dr) Elizabeth) Translation Editor(s): Dr Richard Mortimer (Mortimer, (Dr) Richard) ISBN(s): 1-85501-685-0 Pages: 1-352 Publisher: Tiger Books International, Twickenham, London Publication Date: 1995 Source Type: Book Language: English (Engl) Keywords: chronicles, Plantagenet Order copies of pages from this source Write a review or abstract for this source Suggest keywords for this source Foundation for Medieval Genealogy homepage Review by Steven Edwards - 20 Sep 2002 This book is attractively laid out with lavish colour illustrations, designed no doubt to appeal to the popular reader. Nevertheless it is a scholarly work with modern translations of extracts from contemporary medieval chroniclers, with a parallel interpretive text. The five parts deal respectively with the origins of the Angevin dynasty in the 10th century, Geoffrey Plantagenet (1128-1154), and the three English kings, Henry II, Richard I and John. The book ends with John's death in 1216. The chroniclers include Gervase of Canterbury, Ralph of Coggeshall, John of Marmoutier, Henry of Huntingdon, Ralph of Diceto, William FitzStephen, and Gerald of Wales. Their material varies from lively apocrypha (John of Marmoutier), to meticulous history (Ralph of Diceto).