Published in two volumes for the Rolls Series between 1888 and
1889, this is the oldest surviving metrical chronicle in vernacular
French. It was written by the Anglo-Norman poet and historian
Geoffrei Gaimar (fl. 1136 7), who lived in England at a time when
French was still used among the aristocracy. The text is largely
based on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and also draws on various
French, English and Latin sources. Gaimar's unique perspective
breaks with the tradition of religious chronicles by offering the
first secular account of the history of England. Edited by
archivist and antiquary Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy (1804 78) and
Charles Trice Martin (1842 1914), Volume 1 presents the original
text. It covers the period from the arrival of Cerdic in 495 to the
death of Henry I and includes the story of Havelok the Dane.
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