Gervaise of Tilbury: Otia Imperialia: Recreation for an Emperor

by S. E. Banks, J. W. Binns

Overview

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
Publication date:	07/18/2002
Series:	Oxford Medieval Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1112
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 2.25(d)

About the Author

Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York

Table of Contents

IntroductionList of SiglaText and TranslationAppendicesIndexes