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The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond

by Jocelin of Brakelond

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2List of Contents
  3. 3Preface
  4. 4Chapter I — Bury Abbey Under Abbot Hugh
  5. 5Chapter II — The Monks Discuss the Vacancy
  6. 6Chapter III — The Choice of a New Abbot
  7. 7Chapter IV — Samson’s Installation
  8. 8Chapter V — The New Abbot’s Reforms
  9. 9Chapter VI — Samson’s Personal Characteristics
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Abbot as Peer of Parliament
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Case of Henry of Essex
  12. 12Chapter IX — Troubles Without
  13. 13Chapter X — Troubles Within
  14. 14Chapter XI — Samson’s Contests With Knights, Monks and Townsmen
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Cares of Office
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Customs of the Township
  17. 17Chapter XIV — The Shrine of St. Edmund
  18. 18Chapter XV — The Monastery in Revolt
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The Election of a New Prior
  20. 20Chapter XVII — The Abbot’s Foibles
  21. 21Appendix I — Samson as an Author
  22. 22Appendix II — Notes to the Text of the Chronicle
  23. 23Chapter I
  24. 24Chapter II
  25. 25Chapter III
  26. 26Chapter IV
  27. 27Chapter V
  28. 28Chapter VI
  29. 29Chapter VII
  30. 30Chapter VIII
  31. 31Chapter IX
  32. 32Chapter X
  33. 33Chapter XI
  34. 34Chapter XII
  35. 35Chapter XIII
  36. 36Chapter XIV
  37. 37Chapter XV
  38. 38Chapter XVI
  39. 39Chapter XVII
  40. 40Section I — Before the Days of Abbot Samson
  41. 41Section II — During Abbot Samson’s Lifetime (1135-1211)
  42. 42Section III — From 1214 to Dissolution in 1539
  43. 43Section IV — From the Dissolution to 1903

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