Page 10 - Alfred the Great And His Legacy

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

• Alfred commissioned the compilation of the

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in c.890.

• It is a collection of annals in Old English

chronicling the history of the Anglo–Saxons.

• After a brief account of the tribes living in

England, it details the history of the British

Isles from the time of Julius Caesar onwards.

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• It was the 1 attempt to give a systematic
year-by-year account of English history.

• It was maintained & added to by

generations of scribes until the mid 1100s.