The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
by G. N. Garmonsway (Translator)
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A collection of annals written in Old English narrating the history of Anglo-Saxons.Tags
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Read a portion of this, but as much of it is 'notes' on the election of bishops, etc. it gets fairly tedious to get to the few lengthier narratives. This doesn't diminish its importance as a historical document, it just isn't very readable.
My copy of the Chronicle is Everyman's 1912 edition translated by Rev James Ingram in 1823. The translation from the original Old English has a strong religious slant which is not at all surprising since the Chronicle was written by clergy sanctioned by Kings and the Venerable Bede.
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Series
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Everyman's Library (624)
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1912 (Everyman Press edition) (Everyman Press edition); 1953 (Garmonsway edition) (Garmonsway edition); 1954 (corrected Garmonsway edition) (corrected Garmonsway edition); 891 (approximate) (approximate)
- People/Characters
- Emma of Normandy; Aethelred the Unready; Alfred the Great; Ceawlin; Cerdic; Cnut the Great (show all 15); St. Dunstan; Ealdred, Archbishop of York; Edward the Elder; Edward the Confessor; Godwin, Earl of Wessex; Harold II Godwinson; Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy; Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury; William the Conqueror
- Important places
- England, UK (as England); Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK; Chester, Cheshire, England, UK; Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK; Gloucestershire, England, UK; Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (show all 10); Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK; Rochester, Kent, England, UK; York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Important events
- Anglo Saxon period; Norman Conquest of England
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- TO
PATRICIA - First words
- A distinguished American critic in writing of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has said: 'From almost any significant point of view it may indeed be regarded as the most important work written in English before the Norman Con... (show all)quest.'
Introduction.
In the year of Christ's Nativity 494, Cerdic and Cynric his son landed at Cerdicesora with five ships.
The Parker Chronicle (Ā).
The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles broad; and here in this island are five languages: English, British or Welsh, Irish, Pictish, and Latin.
The Laud Chronicle (E). - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Christ grant that he may end as well!
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Editions by different translators should not be combined, as they will have made a different selection from the various original texts available
Particularly, do not combine the translations by Rev. James Ingram, G. N.... (show all) Garmonsway, Anne Savage, or Michael Swanton, as they differ significantly.
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 942.01 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England Anglo-Saxon B.C. 55 - A.D. 1066
- LCC
- DA150 .A6 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Early and medieval to 1485 Celts. Romans. Saxons. Danes. Normans
- BISAC
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.81)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 12
