The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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Old English text annalistic work historical chronicle medieval manuscript

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	41
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscripts	4
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle canonical	2
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (retrospective entries)	1
Anglo-Saxon chronicles	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old English text ⓘ annalistic work ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
commissionedBy	King Alfred the Great ⓘ surface form: Alfred the Great
compiledIn	9th century ⓘ
contains	annalistic entries arranged by year ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
coversRegion	Kent ⓘ Mercia ⓘ Northumbria ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
describesEvent	Norman Conquest of England ⓘ Viking invasions of England ⓘ reign of Alfred the Great ⓘ unification of England under West Saxon kings ⓘ
earliestManuscriptDate	late 9th century ⓘ
genre	annals ⓘ chronicle ⓘ
hasVersion	A manuscript ⓘ B manuscript ⓘ C manuscript ⓘ D manuscript ⓘ E manuscript ⓘ F manuscript ⓘ G manuscript ⓘ
includes	poetic passages ⓘ prose narratives ⓘ
influenced	English historiography ⓘ
language	Old English ⓘ
latestEntriesDate	12th century ⓘ
mainSubject	early history of England ⓘ history of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
manuscriptsHeldAt	Bodleian Library ⓘ British Library ⓘ Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ⓘ
placeOfCompilation	Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
significance	major source for Old English prose ⓘ primary source for early English history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 5th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy	Henry of Huntingdon ⓘ William of Malmesbury ⓘ
usedBy	medieval chroniclers ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Viking Age → documentedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Edgar Ætheling → sourceMention → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle → alsoKnownAs → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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King Alfred the Great → patronage → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfred the Great

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

siege of Alnwick (1093) → recordedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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The Anarchy (English civil war) → describedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

subject surface form: The Anarchy

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Battle of Stamford Bridge → recordedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Christianization of the British Isles → documentedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Anglo-Saxon England → literaryWork → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Edmund Ironside → describedBySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Edington → describedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Edington → primarySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Great Heathen Army → sourceMention → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Ashdown → describedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Æthelbald of Mercia → knownFrom → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Burgred of Mercia → historicalSource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Ellendun → primarySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Deorham → primarySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Cynric of Wessex → describedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Ceawlin of Wessex → mentionedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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The Anarchy → describedBySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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House of Godwin → historicalSource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Annales Cambriae → relatedWork → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Stephen–Matilda conflict → describedBySource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Battle of Assandun → describedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Housecarl infantry of Harold Godwinson → historicalSource → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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Rebellion of 1088 → documentedIn → The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ

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