La Chronique Anonyme Universelle: Reading and Writing History in Fifteenth-Century France

by Lisa Fagin Davis

This volume presents the first comprehensive study of the Chronique Anonyme Universelle, a lavishly illustrated scroll history of the world from Creation to the fifteenth century. Working in a French noble library around the year 1410, the anonymous compiler of the Chronique told the story of humanity - nearly six thousand years by his reckoning - by editing historical texts at his disposal, arranging them in parallel columns on a vertical scroll,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905375557
• ISBN13: 9781905375554
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Harvey Miller
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 4.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.0" x 11.3"