The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

by Anne Savage

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760722633
• ISBN13: 9780760722633
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Weight: 3.14 lbs.

Customer Reviews

anglo-saxon chronicles: great choice

There are few primary sources for early British history that can be accessed by the interested lay person. Such sources are often too obscure or fragmentary for the general reader to either discover or understand in context. Further, many of the texts are in archaic languages closed to all but the serious scholar. Fortunately, Anne Savage's beautifully illustrated and faithfully translated "Anglo Saxon Chronicles" is available to draw back the curtain on the mesmerizing journals kept by Christian monks on early British history. These journals are written in vernacular Old English and are wonderfully translated by Ms Savage. The text is accompanied by illustrations of buildings and artifacts dating to the period covered by the chronicles and by explanatory sections which provide historical background to the monk's journals. If you're interested in this period of history, Ms. Savage's work is a compelling introduction to an era for which few primary sources survive. Highly recommended.