Annales Cambriae
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Annales Cambriae is a medieval Welsh chronicle that provides some of the earliest written references to King Arthur and events associated with Arthurian legend.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Annales Cambriae canonical | 3 |
| Annals of Wales | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Annales Cambriae Context triple: [Arthurian legend, earliestKnownSource, Annales Cambriae]
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Historia Brittonum
Historia Brittonum is a ninth-century Latin historical compilation traditionally attributed to Nennius, notable for its early accounts of post-Roman Britain and one of the first texts to mention King Arthur.
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Brut y Tywysogion
Brut y Tywysogion is a medieval Welsh chronicle that records the history of the princes of Wales from the 7th to the 13th century.
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C.
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is an early 8th-century Latin work that chronicles the religious and political history of early medieval England, particularly the spread of Christianity.
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D.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Annales Cambriae Target entity description: Annales Cambriae is a medieval Welsh chronicle that provides some of the earliest written references to King Arthur and events associated with Arthurian legend.
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A.
Historia Brittonum
Historia Brittonum is a ninth-century Latin historical compilation traditionally attributed to Nennius, notable for its early accounts of post-Roman Britain and one of the first texts to mention King Arthur.
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B.
Brut y Tywysogion
Brut y Tywysogion is a medieval Welsh chronicle that records the history of the princes of Wales from the 7th to the 13th century.
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C.
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People is an early 8th-century Latin work that chronicles the religious and political history of early medieval England, particularly the spread of Christianity.
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D.
Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae is a 12th-century pseudo-historical chronicle by Geoffrey of Monmouth that popularized many legendary accounts of early British kings, including the stories of King Arthur.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin chronicle
ⓘ
Welsh chronicle ⓘ medieval chronicle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arthurian legend
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King Arthur ⓘ |
| chronicleType | Easter annals ⓘ |
| compiledAt |
Dyfed
ⓘ
St David's ⓘ
surface form:
St David’s
|
| containsReferenceTo |
Battle of Badon
ⓘ
Battle of Camlann ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Wales ⓘ |
| coversTimePeriod | years 445–977 ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 10th century ⓘ |
| earliestSurvivingVersionDate | mid-10th century ⓘ |
| genre | annals ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Annales Cambriae
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surface form:
Annals of Wales
|
| hasManuscript |
A-text
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B-text ⓘ C-text ⓘ |
| hasScholarlyEditionBy | John Williams ab Ithel ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | medieval Wales ⓘ |
| includesEventType |
battles
ⓘ
deaths of kings ⓘ ecclesiastical events ⓘ natural phenomena ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Welsh history
ⓘ
early medieval Britain ⓘ |
| mentions |
Anglo-Saxons
ⓘ
Arthur ⓘ Medraut ⓘ Saint David ⓘ Saint Patrick ⓘ Vikings ⓘ Kingdom of Dyfed ⓘ
surface form:
kings of Dyfed
kings of Gwynedd ⓘ kings of Powys ⓘ |
| preservedIn | British Library ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Brut y Tywysogion ⓘ Historia Brittonum ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
Arthurian studies
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chronology of early medieval Britain ⓘ early Welsh history ⓘ |
| structure | year-by-year entries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
medieval historians
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modern historians ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | insular minuscule ⓘ |
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