Editing Peter Langtoft (section)

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'''Peter Langtoft''', also known as '''Peter of Langtoft''' ({{langx|fro|Piers de Langtoft}}; {{langx|fr|Pierre de Langtoft}}; died {{c.|1305}}), was an [[Historians in England during the Middle Ages|English historian and chronicler]] who took his name from the small village of [[Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire|Langtoft]] in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]].

Langtoft was an [[Canons regular#Canons Regular of Saint Augustine|Augustinian]] canon regular at [[Bridlington]] Priory who wrote a history of England in [[Anglo-Norman literature|Anglo-Norman verse]], popularly known as Langtoft's Chronicle. The history narrates the history of England from the legendary founding of Britain by [[Brutus of Troy|Brutus]] to the death of [[King Edward I]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langtoft|first1=Peter|title=Chronicle of England, Part 3: The Reign of Edward I|url=http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-GG-00001-00001/664|website=Cambridge Digital Library|accessdate=16 August 2016}}</ref> The first part of Langtoft's [[chronicle]] is translated from [[Wace]]'s {{lang|fr|[[Roman de Brut]]}} ("Tale of Brutus"), and the second part is drawn from a number of sources, including [[Henry of Huntingdon]]'s {{lang|la|Historia Anglorum}} ("History of the English"). The third part is widely considered to be original work by Langtoft, and he includes in it details not recorded elsewhere such as the fate of [[Gwenllian of Wales|Gwenllian]], daughter of [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], Prince of Wales. On the whole, the chronicle is virulently anti-Scottish and famously contains nine 'songs', in both [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] and [[Middle English]], supposedly capturing the taunts between English and Scottish soldiers during the Anglo-Scottish conflicts of the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

Langtoft's Chronicle was the source of the second part of the [[Mannyng's Chronicle|Chronicle]] of [[Robert Mannyng]], also known as [[Robert of Brunne]], completed around 1338. Piers Langtoft's Chronicle as translated, illustrated, and improved by Mannyng was later transcribed and published in two volumes by [[Thomas Hearne (antiquarian)|Thomas Hearne]] in 1725.{{sfnp|Hearne|1725}}{{sfnp|Hearne|1810}}