The Anglo-saxon Chronicle - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0976072637 ISBN 13 : 9780976072638

Editeur : Digital Pulse Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is an account of the early history of Britain. It was 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.

This edition is a translation from the Old English to a more readable Modern English by the Reverend James Ingram. His scholarly view is amply demonstrated in his introduction that traces the early fusion of The Doomsday Book and the Saxon Chronicle into this work that has come to be known as The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

It consists of 9 differing manuscripts that collectively trace the outlines of British history. Together, even with their inconsistencies, they comprise the best source of factual information from an era shrouded in myth. For a millennium or so, historians have been reading this landmark reference to distinguish between fact and fantasy in the complex history of Britain. It has established the standard time-line from pre-history into the middle ages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great The History of the Anglo-Saxons Translation by Rev. James Ingram and Dr. J.A. Giles The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript 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 manuscripts survive in whole or in part, though not all are of equal historical value and 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 at 60 BC (the annals' date for Caesar's invasions of Britain), and historical material follows up to the year in which the chronicle was written, at which point contemporary records begin. These manuscripts collectively are known as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The most important historical source for England between the departure of the Romans and the decades following the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers detailed annals until A.D. 1154.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Digital Pulse Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0976072637
• ISBN 13: 9780976072638
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Ford James H
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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