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Review: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of chronological events during the Anglo-Saxon era in England. Originally created in the 9th century in Wessex during the reign of King Alfred, copies were sent to leading monastic communities across England where

they were updated in the language of the day, Old English. The Chronicle is a collection of nine existing manuscripts, some fragmentary, and is seen as the most important written record of life and events in England up to the Norman Conquest. There are various modern editions available, but it is this one by Prof. Garmonsway that I am most familiar with, having used it in my days at college and now recently purchased again to replace a worn out copy.

Dr. Garmonsway collates the material in such a way as to avoid repetition and his arrangement of the texts follows that of earlier respected editors. The book has notes and bibliography plus an index of people and places. This edition is of 300 pages, published in 1975, by J M Dent & sons.