DR. J. M. LAPPENBERG, For. F. S. A. KEEPER OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE CITY OF HAMBURG. PRINTED BY JAMES WRIGHT, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. SOLD BY JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. M. DCCC. LVII. PREFACE. IN sending forth this volume I do no more than fulfil the intention I expressed in the Preface to Lappenberg's HISTORY OF ENGLAND UNDER THE ANGLO-SAXON KING namely, that, in the event of that work finding a favourable reception, it should be followed by a translation of the same author's HISTORY OF ENGLAND UNDER THE NORman Kings, or, TO THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET. That work having now been long in the hands of many, and repeatedly spoken of in terms of commendation by those capable to appreciate it, I feel no hesitation in offering its continuation to the judgment of the public. That I have not limited my labour to that of a mere translator, will be evident to every one who shall undertake the somewhat tedious task of comparing it with the German original; on the contrary, as in the preceding volumes, I have, as far as my means admitted, tested Lappenberg's work by the old chroniclers, and where I found his text abridged, in consequence of the necessity to be concise, under which he was placed', I have restored it to its integrity; where the meaning of the chronicler At the end of the volume are given a few pages of additions to and corrections of the text and notes of that work. 2 See England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, Pref. p. xiii. ใ |