Adam Usk – Adam of Usk
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Adam Usk arrived in the Guild House with the November 2023 update to Guild Housing that added the Guild Museum island to the Guild House. Adam becomes the Curator of the Avalon Gallery and moves inside once his Quest is completed. He also serves as the Crafter for Museum Exhibits relating to Avalon.
Adam of Usk (c. 1352–1430) was a Welsh priest, canonist, and late medieval historian and chronicler. His writings were hostile to King Richard II of England.
His Latin chronicle of English history from 1377 to 1421 is his major legacy, providing contemporary detail on events in Wales, England and abroad and an insight into the life of an educated man moving through important spheres of influence at the time. He met Kings and Popes, chronicled the Peasants’ Revolt (the chronicle opens with a description of Jack Straw) and the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos’s Christmas visit to Richard II, lived in various cities and towns, but was often on the move. Observant of phenomena from his youth, Adam is struck by the beauty of Lake Lucerne and the quality of Beaune wine, but draws a pessimistic conclusion about the night-time behaviour of Rome’s canine population. He offered a useful interpretation of the history of his times. The chronicle throws particular light on the Owain Glyndŵr revolt. The interest of the content is generally far superior to the Latinity of the work.
The Chronicle survives in a single manuscript. At some point, the final quire of the manuscript became separated from the manuscript. This was discovered in 1885 at Belvoir Castle, where it remains. The main manuscript is in the British Library (Add. MS 10104).
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