The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ISBN-10
- 1545043116
- ISBN-13
- 9781545043110
- Series
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-31
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- King Alfred the Great
Description
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 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 one original and then distributed to monasteries across England, where they were independently updated. In one case, the Chronicle was still being actively updated in 1154. 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.
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