Constructing the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies;
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Product details:
- Publisher D.S.Brewer
- Date of Publication 3 June 2025
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781843847489
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
Offers insights into sources and inspirations, authorship and authorial style, and patterns of separation and convergence across versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.
MoreLong description:
Offers insights into sources and inspirations, authorship and authorial style, and patterns of separation and convergence across versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important documents to survive from early medieval England. Written in Old English, it was first created during the reign of King Alfred the Great (871-899). Up to Alfred's reign, and then in multiple continuations extending into the twelfth century, the Chronicle versions often provide a unique record of events, at times reported in the barest style, at others with passionate commentary.
This book is the first to tell the story of how the Chronicles came to be, providing a clear but detailed account of the development of its various versions. It starts with an examination of the textual and manuscript evidence, then explores the work of the two chroniclers first responsible for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's creation in the late ninth century, arguing that the first made a set of annals from disparate sources. The author then contends that a later reviser aligned with the Alfredian political programme wrote the annals for Alfred's reign, and at the same time also revised earlier entries, including the famous story of Cynewulf and Cyneheard. This book also sheds new light on the annals of ?thelred the Unready, arguing that Archbishop Wulfstan of York is likely to have authored some these, together with some tenth-century annals. Its final chapter provides the first comprehensive study of all the Chronicles' poetry.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Manuscripts and Lost Versions
2. Beginnings
3. Making Time
4. Writing King Alfred
5. Parting Company
6. Coming Together
7. Poetry and Praise
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
