An Early Vernacular Annal on the First Crusade from Christ Church, Canterbury
- 21 August 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Notes and Queries
- Vol. 68 (3), 248-251
- https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjab086
Abstract
In the decades following the Norman Conquest of England, scribes working in the scriptorium at Christ Church, Canterbury entered a series of annals in the right-hand margin of an Easter table preserved in London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A. xv. 1 Originally filled with computistical data for the years 988–1193 (fols 132v–138r), the table was later extended to accommodate the period from 1194 to 1268 (fols 138v–139r). 2 Thirty-seven Old English annals provide a sporadic chronological record extending from 988 to 1109, together with what David Dumville describes as ‘two important outliers’ for the years 925 and 1130. 3 These entries are followed by a set of Latin annals terminating with a...Keywords
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