Benjamin Thorpe (1781/2 1870) was a scholar of Old English and
Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich. Through his
work, he sought to promote the study of the old vernacular, against
the trend of scholarly apathy towards Anglo-Saxon literature. One
of his greatest contributions was this two-volume edition,
published as part of the Rolls Series in 1861, of the oldest and
most important chronological accounts of Anglo-Saxon affairs.
Covering the period from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to
around the accession of Henry II in 1154, these volumes bring
together seven manuscripts in their entirety. As none are the
original, the authorship is unknown, although Thorpe argues that
several elements indicate the influence of King Alfred (848/9 899)
upon the chronicle's compilation. The text, translated in Volume 2,
provides rich insights into Old English language, dialect and
history.
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