| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 376 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
| Contents |
The study and editing of the vernacular chronicles -- Alfred's chronicle and the first continuations -- Chronicle A and the early tenth century -- BC, B, and the mid tenth century -- The 'Northern Recension' -- The lost Worcester chronicle -- Vernacular chronicles c.1000 -- The annals of Æthelred and the early years of Cnut -- The making of chronicle C and mid-eleventh-century chronicling -- The continuations of chronicle C and the development of chronicles in the mid eleventh century -- Chronicle D: crossing conquest -- Chronicle F and Canterbury post-1066 -- Chronicles E, /E, and H: the end of the tradition? |
| Summary |
"This book traces the development of a group of anonymous, vernacular, annalistic chronicles--'the Anglo-Saxon chronicles'--from their genesis at the court of King Alfred to their end at the Fenland monastery of Peterborough. It reconsiders them in the light of wider European scholarship on the politics of history-writing. It covers all surviving manuscript chronicles, with detailed attention being paid to palaeography, layout, and content, and identifies key lost texts. It is concerned with production, scribe-authors, patrons, and audiences. The centuries these chronicles cover were critical to the making of England and saw its conquest by Scandinavians and Normans. They have long been part of the English national story. The book considers the impact of this on their study and editing. It stresses their multiplicity, whilst identifying a tradition of writing vernacular history. It sees that tradition as an expression of the ideology of a southern elite engaged in the conquest and assimilation of old kingdoms north of the Thames, Trent, and Humber. The book connects many chronicles to bishops and especially to archbishops of York and Canterbury. Vernacular chronicling is seen, not as propaganda, but as engaged history-writing closely connected to the court, whose networks and personnel were central to the production of chronicles and their continuation. The disappearance of the English-speaking elite after the Norman Conquest had profound impacts on them, repositioning their authors in relation to the court and royal power, and ultimately resulting in the end of the tradition of vernacular chronicling"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on August 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Anglo-Saxons -- Great Britain
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Anglo-Saxons
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Historiography
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Chronik
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Sources
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Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Sources
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192603401 |
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019260340X |
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9780192603418 |
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0192603418 |
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9780191891991 |
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0191891991 |
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