<p><span>The most important written work in English before the Norman Conquest, newly translated.</span><span><br><br>Made up of annals written in the monasteries of Winchester, Canterbury, Peterborough, Abingdon, and Worcester, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle marks the beginning of the unmannered simplic
The Anglo-Saxon chronicles
β Scribed by Ingram, James
- Publisher
- NuVision Publications
- Year
- 2011;2004
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone. Translation by Rev. James Ingram (London, 1823).
β¦ Subjects
England, 1-1154 - Chronologies.;Anglo-Saxons;History;Early works;Electronic books;Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066;Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485;Anglo-Saxons -- Early works to 1800;Great Britain;England, 1-1154 - Chronologies
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A collection of Old English annals, the original manuscript of βThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicleβ was created late in the ninth century, during the reign of Alfred the Great. It is the oldest history of a European country in its vernacular, offering a treasure trove of knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon period.