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	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - LoveToKnow 1911
		It is interesting as a stage in the transition from the vernacular to the Latin chronicle; but it has little independent value, being a mere epitome, made at Canterbury in the 11th or 12 th century, of a chronicle akin to E.
		The present writer sees no reason to doubt that the idea of a national, as opposed to earlier local chronicles, was inspired by Alfred, who may even have dictated, or at least revised, the entries relating to his own campaigns; while for the earlier parts pre-existing materials, both oral and written, were utilized.
		After 915 B, C insert as a separate document a short register of Mercian affairs during the same period (902-924), which might be called the acts of Æthelflaed, the famous "Lady of the Mercians," while D has incorporated it, not very skilfully, with the official continuation.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle (1247 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - an Introduction
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a complex set of interrelated manuscripts, of which the earliest is known as the Parker Chronicle.
		A chronicle similar to the northern ancestor to MS D was compiled and sent to Canterbury where it was kept until after 1066.
		This is in part derived from a Chronicle similar to MS A which terminates in 887--at least this is when Asser last utilises it in his "Life".
	www.georgetown.edu /labyrinth/library/oe/texts/asc/intro.html (565 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain.
		Thus the various versions of the chronicle are an important development in historiography as well as a useful historical documents in their own right.
		For this reason the composition of the chronicle is generally dated to the reign of King Alfred.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anglo_Saxon_Chronicle (901 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain.
		Thus the Chronicles are an important development in historiography as well as a useful historical documents in their own right.
		Some think that the chronicles were originally commissioned by King Alfred, but there is no substantive evidence for this.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle (530 words)

	Anglo-Saxons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Still more curious is the fact that West Saxon writers regularly speak of their own nation as a part of the Angelcyn and of their language as Englisc, while the West Saxon royal family claimed to be of the same stock as that of Bernicia in the north.
		Besides Angles, Saxons and Jutes, Frisians and perhaps the Franks, are known to have taken part in the "invasions".
		One posited theory is that most sources for a "Saxon conquest" originated with historians with a partisan agenda in presenting an English identity [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anglo-Saxon (2788 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain.
		The Chronicles entries spanning AD 1 to 1154 (albeit one Chronicle also has an - misdated - for 60 BC The Chronicles (there are more than one) were primarily as a means of remembering and the date.
		Thus Chronicles are an important development in historiography as well as a useful historical in their own right.
	www.freeglossary.com /Anglo_Saxon_Chronicle (614 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		The beginnings of the ASC are usually associated with Alfred, King of the aspiring kingdom of Wessex.
		The ASC is one of the most important prose works written in Old English, narrating events from the Roman invasion of Britain to the second half of the twelfth century.
		It is the oldest surviving manuscript of the ASC and provides a full and contemporary account of the Danish invasions during the reigns of Alfred the Great (871-99) and his son Edward the Elder (899-924).
	www.litencyc.com /php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10516 (552 words)

	Northvegr - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		Be that as it may, the writer of the copy printed by Gale bears ample testimony to the "Saxon Chronicle", and says expressly, that he compiled his history partly from the records of the Scots and Saxons (8).
		Gibson himself was so convinced of this, that he afterwards attributes to the "Saxon Chronicle" all the knowledge we have of those early times (15).
		Brevity and compression seem to have been his aim, because the compilation was intended to be sent abroad for the instruction of a female relative of high rank in Germany (22), at her request.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/anglo/000_02.php (1810 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the (A native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman conquest) Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) Britain.
		Thus the Chronicles are an important development in (Click link for more info and facts about historiography) historiography as well as a useful historical documents in their own right.
		Some think that the chronicles were originally commissioned by (Click link for more info and facts about King Alfred) King Alfred, but there is no substantive evidence for this.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/An/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle1.htm (629 words)

	THE ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY OF LYDFORD
		The north-south main street of the Saxon town still exists as the road of and through the present-day village, and the other Saxon streets, running at right angles to that, are now lanes and bridle paths.
		It is likely that the original Saxon church of Lydford, having walls of wood, was constructed sometime during the 8th century.
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle does not state that Lydford was captured by the Vikings in that attack, and John Allan (2002) has stated that the lack of a break, at that date, in the coin-minting activity at Lydford suggests that the Vikings did not gain access into Lydford.
	www.lydford.co.uk /anglosaxonlydford.htm (1472 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — FactMonster.com
		The original chronicle was later edited with additions, omissions, and continuations by monks in various monasteries.
		From the period of the wars between Saxons and Danes onward, most of the annals are original and are the sole source for information about certain events.
		The four chronicles recognized as distinct are called the Winchester Chronicle, the Abingdon Chronicle, the Worcester Chronicle, and the Peterborough Chronicle.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0804046.html (259 words)

	Anglo Saxon Chronicle
		The Chronicle certainly does not present us with a complete history of those times and is probably not 100% accurate, either, but that doesn't diminish its enormous value in helping us to arrive at a clearer picture of what actually happened in Britain over a thousand years ago.
		At present there are nine known versions or fragments of the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" in existence, all of which vary (sometimes greatly) in content and quality.
		The translation that follows is not a translation of any one Chronicle; rather, it is a collation of readings from many different versions.
	www.britannia.com /history/docs/asintro2.html (608 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: England
		Roger of Hoveden: The Revolt of 1173-74, from The Chronicle
		Roger of Hoveden: The Chronicle: On the Disputes between Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and King Henry II of England, early 13th c.
		Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Edmunds (1173-1202), (c.1156-d.1202(?)).
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook1n.html (1986 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		A history of England from the Roman invasion to the 11th century, consisting of a series of chronicles written in Old English by monks, begun in the 9th century (during the reign of King Alfred), and continuing until 1154.
		The Chronicle, comprising seven different manuscripts, forms a unique record of early English history and also of the development of Old English prose up to its final stages.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Anglo-Saxon+Chronicle (138 words)

	AllRefer.com - Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English Literature To 1499) - Encyclopedia
		The original chronicle was later edited with additions, omissions, and continuations by monks in various monasteries.
		From the period of the wars between Saxons and Danes onward, most of the annals are original and are the sole source for information about certain events.
		The four chronicles recognized as distinct are called the Winchester Chronicle, the Abingdon Chronicle, the Worcester Chronicle, and the Peterborough Chronicle.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AnglSxChr.html (320 words)

	Anglo Saxon Chronicle
		The Chronicle begins with the birth of Christ and, in most versions, the entries cease soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
		The following passage from the Chronicle refers to the Battle of Hastings: 'Then Count William came from Normandy to Pevensey on Michaelmas eve, and as soon as they were able to move on they built a castle at Hastings.
		Eight manuscripts of the Chronicle have survived, of which six are in the British Library.
	www.bl.uk /learning/langlit/changlang/writtenword/anglo/anglosaxonchronicle.html (316 words)

	Showcases :: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the earliest known history of England written in the English language.
		It was probably first compiled at the behest of King Alfred (848/9 to 899), and distributed to monasteries throughout the land for copying in around 892, after which each copy was kept up to date by a member of the monastic community.
		The court origins of the Chronicle mean that its early entries are essentially an official history of the West Saxon royal dynasty (although some Mercian material is drawn upon), but from the late 10th century, the entries made in the various versions kept in different monasteries became increasingly independent.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/histtexts/angsaxchron.html (277 words)

	Regia Anglorum - Saxon Military Organisation
		Enemy ships were chased to ground, or the shore in these cases to engage the troops, or the boats were very rarely tied together as a raft and drifted into each other as a platform to fight a 'land' battle on.
		Often the Bayeux Tapestry is quoted as a source for 'peasant levies' using the group of unarmoured men on the hill, or the fleeing Saxons at the end of the battle to support the theory.
		At Hastings the Saxon army, with its elite force weakened through achieving victory at Stamford Bridge, and short of the quota of men from the fyrd, successfully withstood the Norman army in a battle which lasted considerably longer than was normal for the period from dawn until dusk.
	www.regia.org /saxons2.htm (3569 words)

	Mapping Anglo-Saxon Charters
		Various scholars have used the vast corpus of pre-Conquest charters to approach the study of different aspects of Late Saxon society.
		Grundy, in attempting to identify the various charter features in the landscape of the 1920s remarked upon a close proximity between the parish boundaries of the 1st edition ordnance survey maps and the estate bounds of the Late Saxon period.
		It can be found in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for AD 1010 when a Viking army is said to have crossed the Thames and raided as far as Cannings Marsh.
	www.alexlanglands.com /mappingcharters (1170 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Alfred 'The Great'
		Born at Wantage, Berkshire, in 849, Alfred was the fifth son of Aethelwulf, king of the West Saxons.
		At their father's behest and by mutual agreement, Alfred's elder brothers succeeded to the kingship in turn, rather than endanger the kingdom by passing it to under-age children at a time when the country was threatened by worsening Viking raids from Denmark.
		Alfred was patron of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (which was copied and supplemented up to 1154), a patriotic history of the English from the Wessex viewpoint designed to inspire its readers and celebrate Alfred and his monarchy.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page25.asp (1457 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Introduction
		It is remarkable that the "Saxon Chronicle" gradually expires with the Saxon language, almost melted into modern English, in the year 1154.
		But it is very remarkable that, whatever was the commencement of the year in the early part of the "Saxon Chronicle", in the latter part the year invariably opens with Midwinter-day or the Nativity.
		The indulgence of the Saxon scholar is therefore requested, if we have in the early part of the chronicle too faithfully followed the received text.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Anglo/introduction.html (4581 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Anglo-Saxon Church
		In England the Saxons, after establishing themselves in the south and east, in the localities now represented by Sussex and Essex, founded a great kingdom in the West which gradually absorbed almost the whole country south of the Thames.
		Undoubtedly a large part of the chopping and changing which are noticed in the delimitation of the old Saxon dioceses must be attributed to the effects of the Danish irruptions.
		The ancient Saxon tower of Earl's Barton church near Northampton may be appealed to as an illustration of the rest.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01505a.htm (5846 words)

	Mercia
		Alongside the year 777 (actually 779), the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' reports that: "This year Cynewulf (of Wessex) and Offa fought near Bensington (Benson, Oxfordshire), and Offa took possession of the town." In 789, Offa's daughter, Eadburh, was married to Cynewulf's successor, Beorhtric.
		Although it appears from the report in the 'Chronicle' that all these events occurred in a single year, there is a charter which indicates that Beornwulf's authority was still recognised in Kent on 27th March 826.
		The 'Chronicle' disparagingly describes Ceolwulf II as "an unwise king's thegn", however, he might possibly have been from the same branch of the Mercian nobility as Cenwulf (796-821) and his brother Ceolwulf I (821-823).
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /mercia.htm (12476 words)

	The Avalon Project : The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Introduction
		But of the extent of the two former editions, compared with the present, the reader may form some idea, when he is told that Professor Wheloc's "Chronologia Anglo-Saxonica", which was the first attempt (4) of the kind, published at Cambridge in 1644, is comprised in less than 62 folio pages, exclusive of the Latin appendix.
		From this period, consequently, we may date that cultivation of the vernacular tongue which would lead to the composition of brief chronicles (27), and other vehicles of instruction, necessary for the improvement of a rude and illiterate people.
		But the honour of having printed the first literal version of the "Saxon Annals" was reserved for a learned LADY, the Elstob of her age (37); whose Work was finished in the year 1819.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/angsax/intro.htm (4710 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
		Otho B xi, 2) B The Abingdon Chronicle I (British Museum, Cotton MS.
		Tiberius A vi.) C The Abingdon Chronicle II (British Museum, Cotton MS.
		Tiberius B i.) D The Worcester Chronicle (British Museum, Cotton MS.Tiberius B iv.) E The Laud (or "Peterborough") Chronicle (Bodleian, MS.Laud 636) F The Bilingual Canterbury Epitome (British Museum, Cotton MS.
	omacl.org /Anglo (530 words)

	THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are in fact a number of chronicles compiled progressively into what is known colloquially as The Anglo Saxon Chronicle.
		The Anglo Saxon Chronicle is considered by many to be the most reliable of documents because more than one version exists and all are written from the point of view of the local inhabitants, rather than the invaders.
		If the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles are to be believed, and I have no reason to doubt their authenticity, along with the Bayeux Tapestry, the Normans landed at Hastings on the morning of Michaelmas (Friday September 29th 1066).
	www.secretsofthenormaninvasion.com /part24.htm (1221 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 3: MS A, 0859911039, £45.00/$90.00, 304pp, 1986 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the backbone of Anglo-Saxon history, an almost contemporary record of events for about five hundred years, and a vital resource for Anglo-Saxon historians.
		The nature of the Chronicle, its relation to official historiography, and its historical place, have long been debated: thisproject will provide a uniform edition from which further research can proceed.
		MS A (CCCC MS 173) is the oldest of the surviving copies of the Chronicle and physically the most complex; it took shape initially during the tenth century and is generally endowed with considerable authority because of its age.
	www.boydell.co.uk /59911039.HTM (267 words)

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