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THE aa ANGLO- SAXON CHRONICLES NEW EDITION Translated and Edited by MICHAEL SWANTON : | Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter, and has held visiting professorships at Justus-Liebig Universitat, Germany, and |’Université de Lau- sanne, Switzerland. Formerly Editor of the Royal Archaeologi- cal Institute journal, he is Fellow of both The Society of Antiquaries and The Royal Historical Society, and lectures widely on various aspects of early English culture. His extensive publications include translations of the epic poem Beowulf (1978) and a selection of Anglo-Saxon Prose (znd edn), Everyman 1993. Sword hilts from the City of London and Fiskerton Lincolnshire 3 THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLES Translated and Edited by Michael Swanton i PHOENIX PRESS 5 UPPER SAINT MARTIN’S LANE LONDON WC2H 9EA A PHOENIX PRESS PAPERBACK First published in Great Britain by J.M. Dent in 1996 This paperback revised edition published in 2000 by Phoenix Press, a division of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9EA Second impression January 2001 Introduction and other critical apparatus © Phoenix Press 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. This book is sold subject to the condition that it may not be resold or otherwise issued except in its original binding. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Typeset by Deltatype Ltd, Birkenhead, Merseyside Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd, Frome and London ISBN I 84212 003 4 CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Introduction xi Note on the Texts and Abbreviations xxxvi THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLES I Maps 271 Genealogical Tables 281 Bibliography 301 Index 329 Acknowledgements 364 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontis Sword-hilts from the City of London and Fiskerton, Lincolnshire Plate 1 Dragon prow- or stern-post from a Migration-period ship, dredged from the River Scheldt Plate 2 Bastions flanking the west gate of the Roman fortress of Anderitum (Pevensey), Sussex Plate 3 West Stow, Suffolk, reconstructed Anglo-Saxon vil- lage Plate 4 Stone ceremonial seat of bishop or abbot, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland Plates 5-10 Kentish sceat and pennies of Queen Cynethryth, King Alfred, Olaf Guthfrithson, William I and Robert of Gloucester Plates 11-12 Gold finger-rings of King Ethelwulf and Queen /Ethelswith Plate 13 Panels from embroidered vestments commissioned by Queen ’lffled for Bishop Frithustan of Winchester Plate 14 Detail from an altar candlestick presented to Glouces- ter Cathedral 1107-13 Plate 15 Mercian royal mausoleum beneath St Wystan’s church, Repton, Derbyshire, eighth-ninth century Plate 16 Eighth-century iron helmet made for Oshere; found at York Plate 17 Section through rampart of Anglo-Saxon burh at Wareham, Dorset Plate 18 Gate-house to William the Conqueror’s Rougemont castle at Exeter
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