The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important sets of
historical documents concerning the history of the British Isles.
Without these vital accounts we would have virtually no knowledge
of some of the key events in the history of these islands during
the dark ages and it would be impossible to write the history of
the English from the Romans to the Norman Conquest. The history it
tells is not only that witnessed by its compilers, but also that
recorded by earlier annalists, whose work is in many cases
preserved nowhere else. At present there are nine known versions or
fragments of the original 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' in existence. All
of the extant versions vary (sometimes greatly) in content and
quality, and crucially all of the surviving manuscripts are copies,
so it is not known for certain where or when the first version of
the Chronicle was composed. The translation that has been used for
this edition is not a translation of any one Chronicle; rather, it
is a conflation of readings from many different versions containing
primarily the translation of Rev. James Ingram from 1828. The
footnotes are all those of Rev. Ingram and are supplied for the
sake of completeness. This edition also includes the complete
Parker Manuscript. The book is illustrated throughout with
paintings and engravings.
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