The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles — Anne Savage [Translation]

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Heinemann, 1982, Large-format Hardback with removable protective plastic wrap – History – 288pp.

The authentic voices of England, from the time of Julius Caesar to the coronation of Henry II. Chronicles life in England from the Roman invasion through the middle of the twelfth century. The essential primary-source history of the British Isles through the early Middle Ages, illustrated with paintings and engravings.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important sets of historical documents concerning the history of the British Isles. These vital accounts, thought to be first set down in the late ninth century by a scribe in Wessex, illuminate events through the Dark Ages that would otherwise be lost to history. Without this chronicle, it would be impossible to write the history of the English from the Romans to the Norman Conquest.
The compilers of this chronicle included contemporary events they themselves witnessed, as well as those recorded by earlier annalists whose work is in many cases preserved nowhere else.

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