THE HISTORYE OF REYNART THE FOXE, by me William Caxton, translated [from the Dutch] into Englyssh in th' Abbey of Westmestre. 1481.
This prolonged beast-fable, which enjoyed an immense vogue throughout Europe, provoked countless imitations.
The character of Richard Coeur de Lion, as portrayed in the romance, is happily compared by Ten Brink to John Bull.
=RICHARD DE BURY= (=R. Aungervyle, of Bury=). _b._ 1287, _d._ 1345.
PHILOBIBLION. Eng. _Tr._ J. B. Inglis. 1832.
DE REBUS GESTUS RICARDI PRIMI. _Tr._ Chronicles of the Crusaders. _Ed._ J. Stevenson, 1838.
THE PRICKE OF CONSCIENCE. _Ed._ Morris, 1863.
=RICHTER, JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH.= _b._ 1763, _d._ 1825. =German writer.=
FLOWER, FRUIT AND THORN PIECES; (1796-97); or, the married life, death, and wedding of the advocate of the poor (Firmian Stanislaws Siebenkäs). _Tr._ by E. H. Noel, 2 vols., 1844.
HESPERUS. _Tr._ in Carlyle's _Trs._ from German, 1827.
LEVANA; a Treatise on Education (1807). _Tr._ 1848.
WILD OATS (Walt and Dalt) (1804-5). _Tr._ by Eliza Lee, 1846.
=ROBERT DE LA MENNAIS, H. F.= _See_ =Lamennais, F. R. de=.
HANDLYNG SYNNE (1303). _Ed._ Furnivall, Roxburghe Club, 1862. E.E.T.S., 1901.
RHYMED CHRONICLE. _Ed._ W. Aldis Wright. 2 v. Rolls Ser., 1887.
ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER'S CHRONICLE. 2 v. _Tr._ T. Hearne, 1724.
'Its value as an independent historical authority almost confined to incidents of Barons' Wars'.
=ROGER OF HOVEDEN.= _d._ 1201. =English historian.=
ANNALS OF ENGLISH HISTORY, comprising the History of England and of other countries of Europe from A.D. 732 to A.D. 1201. _Tr._ by H. T. Riley, 2 v. 1853.
His 'History of England' is commended by Leland, Selden and others for its fidelity. It is mentioned here as one of the sources of our modern histories.
=ROGER OF WENDOVER.= _d._ 1236. =English chronicler.=
FLOWERS OF HISTORY (Flores Historiarum). Comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1235 formerly ascribed to Matthew of Paris. 2 v. _Tr._ by J. A. Giles, 1849.
=ROHAN, HENRI DE, DUKE DE ROHAN.= _b._ 1579, _d._ 1638. =French memoir writer.=
MEMOIRS (1610 to 1629) OF THE DUKE OF ROHAN. _Tr._ G. Bridges, 1660.
A DECLARATION OF THE DUKE OF ROHAN ... CONTAINING THE JUSTNES OF REASONS AND MOTIVES WHICH HAVE OBLIGED HIM TO IMPLORE THE ASSISTANCE OF THE KING OF GREAT BRITAINE.... _Tr._ 1628.