London Chronicles of the Fifteenth Century: A Revolution in English Writing.(Book Review)

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Mary-Rose McLaren. London Chronicles of the Fifteenth Century: A Revolution in English Writing. Rochester, N. Y.: D.S. Brewer. 2002. Pp. xiv, 294. $110.00. ISBN 0-859-91646-4.

The several London chronicles of the fifteenth century (this book identifies forty-four of them) form an interesting genre in English historical writing. Informal compilations that cannibalize their sources and alternate shared and unique material indiscriminately, their interrelationships preclude...

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