Historia Anglorum

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Historia Anglorum is a 12th-century Latin chronicle that narrates the history of England from Roman times to the author’s own day.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Historia Anglica 1
Historia Anglorum canonical 1
Historia Regum Anglorum 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin chronicle
historical work
medieval chronicle
author Henry of Huntingdon NERFINISHED
centuryOfComposition 12th century
countryOfOrigin England
dateWritten 12th century
genre chronicle
historiography
hasAlternativeTitle History of the English NERFINISHED
historicalPerspective Anglo-Norman NERFINISHED
includesEvent Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain NERFINISHED
Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED
Roman conquest of Britain NERFINISHED
reigns of early English kings
influenced later medieval English historiography
intendedAudience educated clergy
lay nobility
language Latin
literaryForm prose
mainFocus English kings
ecclesiastical history
political history
manuscriptTradition survives in multiple medieval manuscripts
placeInTradition part of the Anglo-Norman historical tradition
scholarlyField Anglo-Saxon history
Norman England history
medieval studies
subject history of England
timePeriodCoveredEnd 12th century
timePeriodCoveredStart Roman Britain NERFINISHED
usedAsSourceBy later chroniclers of England
writtenIn Kingdom of England NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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

Henry of Huntingdon notableWork Historia Anglorum
Óengus I of the Picts sourceMention Historia Anglorum
this entity surface form: Historia Regum Anglorum
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia" alternativeName Historia Anglorum
subject surface form: Anglica Historia
this entity surface form: Historia Anglica