Translated, edited and introduced by G. N. Garmonsway.
First published in Everyman in 1953. New edition first published 1972. Reprinted 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1994.
The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original ms. of the "Chronicle" was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great. Multiple copies were made of that original which were distributed to monasteries across England, where they were independently updated. In one case, the "Chronicle" was still being actively updated in 1154. Nine mss. survive in whole or in part, tho not all are of equal historical value & none of them is the original version. The oldest seems to have been started towards the end of Alfred's reign, while the most recent was written at Peterborough Abbey after a fire at that monastery in 1116. Almost all of the material in the "Chronicle" is in the form of annals, by year. The earliest are dated 60 BC (the annals' date for Caesar's invasions of Britain) & historical material follows up to the year in which the chronicle was written, at which point contemporary records begin. These mss. collectively are known as the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle".