The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is an account of the early history of
Britain. It was originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred
the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and
added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of
the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old
English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone.
It consists of 9 differing manuscripts that collectively trace the
outlines of British history. Together, even with their
inconsistencies, they comprise the best source of factual
information from an era shrouded in myth. For a millennium or so,
historians have been reading this landmark reference to distinguish
between fact and fantasy in the complex history of Britain. It has
established the standard time-line from pre-history into the middle
ages. This edition is a translation from the Old English to a more
readable Modern English by the Reverend James Ingram. His scholarly
view is amply demonstrated in his introduction that traces the
early fusion of The Doomsday Book and the Saxon Chronicle into this
work that has come to be known as The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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