John of Glastonbury explained

John of Glastonbury (fl.) was a Benedictine monk and chronicler. His full name may have been John Seen.^[1]

In the mid fourteenth century John wrote the Cronica Sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie (Chronicles or Antiquities of the Glastonbury Church) which is a chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey, from when it was founded, up to the period of John's life. The Cronica survives as a full text over seven manuscripts. The Cronica refers to the Arthurian legends several times, and John drew extensively on De Antiquitate Glastonie Ecclesie by William of Malmesbury.

Bibliography

• Book: Echard. Siân. Arthurian Narrative in the Latin Tradition. 1998. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-62126-7.
• Book: Luxford. Julian M.. The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300-1540: A Patronage History. 2008. Boydell Press. 978-1-84383-153-2.
• Book: Kennedy. Edward D.. Lacy. Norris J.. The Fortunes of King Arthur. 2005. D.S.Brewer. 978-1-84384-061-9. 29–46. Visions of History: Robert de Boron and English Arthurian Chroniclers.
• Book: of Glastonbury. John. Carley. James P.. Cronica Sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie: Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey. 1985. Boydell Press. 978-0-85115-409-1.

Notes and References

1. Book: Carley. James P.. Townsend. David. Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An Edition, Translation and Study of John of Glastonbury's Cronica sive Antiquitates. Boydell Press. 978-0851158594.