Frankish annals

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Frankish historiography historical source medieval Latin chronicles

The Frankish annals are a series of early medieval Latin chronicles that record the political, military, and religious history of the Frankish realms, including encounters with Viking raiders.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Royal Frankish Annals	2
Annales Bertiniani	1
Annales Fuldenses	1
Annales Regni Francorum	1
Annals of Saint-Bertin	1
Liber Historiae Francorum	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frankish historiography ⓘ historical source ⓘ medieval Latin chronicles ⓘ
associatedWith	Carolingian court ⓘ Frankish monasteries ⓘ
chronologicalStructure	year-by-year record ⓘ
contains	chronological notices of major events ⓘ
genre	annals ⓘ
hasNotableSubset	Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Annales Bertiniani Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Annales Fuldenses Annales Laureshamenses ⓘ Annales Mettenses priores ⓘ Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Annales Regni Francorum Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Frankish Annals
historicalValue	primary source for Carolingian period ⓘ
influenced	later medieval chronicles ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
mainTopic	Carolingian Empire ⓘ Merovingian and Carolingian rulers ⓘ Viking raids ⓘ military history of the Frankish realms ⓘ political history of the Frankish realms ⓘ religious history of the Frankish realms ⓘ
perspective	elite Frankish viewpoint ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
records	church councils ⓘ diplomatic relations ⓘ ecclesiastical affairs ⓘ encounters with Viking raiders ⓘ reigns of Frankish kings ⓘ wars and campaigns ⓘ
regionCovered	Frankish realms ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
religiousPerspective	Christian ⓘ
sourceType	narrative source ⓘ royal or courtly historiography ⓘ
studiedIn	Frankish history ⓘ Viking studies ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	early Middle Ages ⓘ
typicalForm	short annual entries ⓘ
usedBy	medieval historians ⓘ modern historians ⓘ
usedFor	reconstructing chronology of early medieval Europe ⓘ studying Frankish-Viking interactions ⓘ studying development of Carolingian monarchy ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Viking Age → documentedIn → Frankish annals ⓘ

Frankish annals → hasNotableSubset → Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Frankish Annals

Frankish annals → hasNotableSubset → Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annales Fuldenses

Frankish annals → hasNotableSubset → Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annales Bertiniani

Frankish annals → hasNotableSubset → Frankish annals self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annales Regni Francorum

Saxon Wars → primarySource → Frankish annals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Frankish Annals

Battle of Tours → relatedWork → Frankish annals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liber Historiae Francorum

siege of Paris (845) → sourceMention → Frankish annals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annals of Saint-Bertin