An English Chronicle 1377–1461: A New Edition, Edited from Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS 21068 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Lyell 34. Edited by William Marx. Medieval Chronicles, 3. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003. Pp. cv + 199. $75.


For almost a century, Friedrich Brie's studies and edition of the Middle English prose Brut have stood as the foundation of Brut scholarship. The Brut, of course, is usually mentioned in surveys of medieval historiography, but detailed study of the work has been, by and large, left undone. Lister Matheson's catalogue of Brut manuscripts (The Prose Brut: The Development of a Middle English Chronicle [1998] marked a new watershed in Brut scholarship, and William Marx's edition of one of the continuations of the Brut is a welcome addition to this growing field.

Richard J. Moll
University of Western Ontario