Excerpt from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, c1046. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, probably begun at the command of King Alfred, was the first history of England in the English language. Six versions of the Chronicle, kept up to date at different monasteries, survive, four of which are in the British Library. Illustrated here is a page from a text probably copied at Abingdon Abbey in about 1046. The last paragraph describes the defeat of the Danes by King Alfred at Edington in Wiltshire in 878.
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Excerpt from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, c1046. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, probably begun at the command of King Alfred, was the first history of England in the English language. Six versions of the Chronicle, kept up to date at different monasteries, survive, four of which are in the British Library. Illustrated here is a page from a text probably copied at Abingdon Abbey in about 1046. The last paragraph describes the defeat of the Danes by King Alfred at Edington in Wiltshire in 878.

Date

1046

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A16_101

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NA

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NA

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Droits gérés

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49,9Mo (4,5Mo) / 28,9cm x 43,3cm / 3415 x 5110 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England library historical arts country writing English medieval war text location century handwriting literature concept script battle B&W British Library manuscript lettering calligraphy saxon Chronicle black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages history historic 11th century Anglo Saxon Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Battle of Edington old English manuscript Eleventh Century Unknown King Alfred the Great Alfred the Great King Alfred King of Wessex Aelfred Alfred I Middle English Battle of Ethandun Heritage Art

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