ISBN10: 0198202881, ISBN13: 9780198202882, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. This is the first English translation and the first modern critical edition of Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia. Gervase wrote the Otia Imperialia in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. It presents an encyclopedic melange of cosmographical, historical, and geographical information and a wealth of learned and original accounts of folklore and popular belief. It also contains advice to Otto and pertinent remarks on therelationship between Empire and Papacy, together with scientific and theological speculation. The edition also includes Gervase's recently discovered Commentary on the Lord's Prayer. Gervase was avoracious and eclectic reader; his many borrowings are identified in this fully annotated edition. 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. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2002]