Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 8: MS F

This edition presents a bilingual (Old English and Latin) version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle written by a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, probably in the first decade of the twelfth century. Though the Old English and Latin texts have been printed separately, this is the first edition to present the text intended by its compiler, who also produced the Latin translation and wrote the single extant manuscript. The introduction demonstrates that same monk who was responsible for this bilingual chronicle also revised MS A (the Parker Chronicle) and an ancestor of MS E (the Peterborough Chronicle) and was a forger of documents: he thus is significant as an early Norman reviser of Anglo-Saxon history.

PETER BAKER is Professor of English, University of Virginia.

Author: Peter S. Baker
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 08/03/2000
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.39w x 1.04d
ISBN: 9780859914901

About the Author
Baker, Peter S.: - Peter S. Baker is Professor of English at the University of Virginia.