Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- I.33 A Layman Grants Land to His Son-in-Law, Who Sells It to the Bishop ofSelsey for Silver and a Horse
- I.34 The Monastic Agreement of the Monks and Nuns of the English Nation(Regularis concordia)
- I.35 Literary Texts Associated with St Swithun
- I.36 Æthelweard, Chronicle
- I.37 A Treaty between King Æthelred II (‘the Unready’) and Three VikingLeaders
- I.38 Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to the First Series of CatholicHomilies
- I.39 Ælfric of Eynsham and His School, Educational Writings
- I.40 Saints’ Lives from around the Millennium
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
I.36 - Æthelweard, Chronicle
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Fifth Century
- Sixth Century
- Seventh Century
- Eighth Century
- Ninth Century
- Tenth Century
- I.33 A Layman Grants Land to His Son-in-Law, Who Sells It to the Bishop ofSelsey for Silver and a Horse
- I.34 The Monastic Agreement of the Monks and Nuns of the English Nation(Regularis concordia)
- I.35 Literary Texts Associated with St Swithun
- I.36 Æthelweard, Chronicle
- I.37 A Treaty between King Æthelred II (‘the Unready’) and Three VikingLeaders
- I.38 Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to the First Series of CatholicHomilies
- I.39 Ælfric of Eynsham and His School, Educational Writings
- I.40 Saints’ Lives from around the Millennium
- Eleventh Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume I
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Æthelweard’s chronicle, in a rugged and distinctive Latin, covers history from Creation down to 975, just before he wrote the work. He bases it largely on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and parts of his chronicle provide valuableinformation about this Old English work, here in Æthelweard’s Latin translation or paraphrase. Æthelweard was a high-ranking lay leader. He addresses the work to his cousin, Matilda, abbess of Essen in Germany. Here the famous and dramatic story (which also exists in Old English) of prince Cyneheard and king Cynewulf is given, as well as sections on ninth and tenth century history.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 386 - 395Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024