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 | | While this is certainly a noteworthy point, the more serious difficulty arising from the author's reliance on the Chronicle is that it is clearly indicative of a concern for historical truth, a concern that is sorely lacking in the remaining sections of his work which are supposed to have been based upon his own knowledge. |
 | | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Eadburh was married to Beorhtric, King of the West Saxons, in 789.23 It is reasonable to believe, as does Stevenson, that this woman was about fifteen years old at this time (to accept that she was older only serves to further damage Pseudo-Asser's credibility). |
 | | Even the historicity of Eadburh's ultimate demise in Pavia can be brought into question because, as Smyth points out, in addition to the above problems, this story possesses a suspicious number of "stock" qualities or motifs. |
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