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 Annales Cambriae: page view from MS. A Annales Cambriae, or The Annals of Wales, is the name given to a complex of Cambro-Latin chronicles deriving ultimately from a text compiled from diverse sources at St Davids in Dyfed, Wales, not later than the 10th century. Despite the name, the Annales Cambriae record not only events in Wales, but also events in Ireland, Cornwall and England and sometimes further afield. Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ...
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Sources There are four principal versions of the Annales Cambriae:
A: London, British Library, MS. Harley 3859, folios 190r-193r.
B: London (Kew), Public Records Office, MS. E.164/1 (K.R. Misc. Books, Series I) pp.2-25
C: London, British Library, MS. Cotton Domitian A.i, folios 138r-155r
E: Exeter, Cathedral Library, MS. 3514, pp. 507-19 (Cronica de Wallia)
A is in a hand of c.1100 inserted without title into a MS. of the Historia Brittonum where it is immediately followed by a pedigree for Owain ap Hywel (d.988). Although no explicit chronology is given in the MS., its annals seem to run from from about A.D. 445 to 977 with the last entry at 954, making it likely that the text belongs to the second half of the tenth century.
The Historia Britonum, or The History of the Britons, is a historical work that was first written sometime shortly after AD 820, and exists in several recensions of varying difference. ...
Owain ap Hywel (died 987) was king of Deheubarth in south Wales and probably also controlled Powys. ...
B was written, probably at the Cistercian abbey of Neath, at the end of the 13th century. It is entitled "Annales ab orbe condito adusque A.D. 1286."
C is part of a book written at St Davids, and is entitled "Annales ab orbe condito adusque A.D. 1288"; this is also of the late 13th century.
The basis of B and C is a world chronicle derived from Isidore of Seville's Origines (Book V, ch.39), through the medium of Bede's Chronica Minora. After A.D. 457, B agrees nearly with A until A ends, and after the empire of Heraclius ((610-41) C mostly agrees with A until A ends, although it is clear that A was not the common source for B and C (Dumville 2002, p.xi). B and C diverge after 1203, C having fewer and briefer Welsh entries. Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: or ) (c. ...
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E is found in a manuscript written at the Cistercian abbey of Whitland in south-west Wales in the later 13th century; its Cronica de Wallia extends from 1190-1266.
A alone has benefited from a complete diplomatic edition (Phillimore 1888). Annales Cambriae, the A-text. (N.B. the 'intended calendar years' in this edition do not wholly correspond to the putative A.D. dates in Phillimore 1888, where year 1 is set at A.D. 445)
Source for Arthurian pseudo-history There are two entries in the Annals on King Arthur, one on Medrod and one on Merlin. These entries have been presented in the past as proof to the existence of Arthur and Merlin, although that view is no longer widely held. Some say it is interesting to note that all the other people mentioned in the chronicle are real and this argument is often offered as evidence for the historicity of Arthur, Merlin and Medrod; however, given that the entries could have been added arbitrarily as late as 970, long after the development of the early Arthurian myth, it cannot be taken as a particularly strong argument. For other uses, see King Arthur (disambiguation). ...
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Merlin Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin Emrys (Merlin the Wise); also known as Myrddin Wyllt (Merlin the Wild), Merlin Caledonensis (Scottish Merlin), Merlinus, and Merlyn) is the personage best known as the mighty wizard featured in Arthurian legends, starting with Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae. ...
Entries on Arthur, Medrod and Merlin (Myrddin):
- Year 72 (c. 516) The Battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights and the Britons were victors.
- Year 93 (c. 537) The Strife of Camlann in which Arthur and Medraut fell [and there was death in Britain and in Ireland.] Text in brackets not in MSS. B or C.
- Year 129 (c. 573) The Battle of Arfderydd (Armterid, A; Erderit, B; Arderit, C) [between the sons of Elifer, and Guendoleu son of Keidau; in which battle Guendoleu fell; and Merlin (Merlinus) went mad.] Text in brackets found only in MS. B.
Sigismund becomes king of Burgundy. ...
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Events Pope Silverius deposed by Belisarius at the order of Justinian, who appoints as his successor Pope Vigilius. ...
Commanders King Arthur †Mordred †How Mordred was Slain by Arthur, and How by Him Arthur was Hurt to the Death, by Arthur Rackham “Camlann†redirects here. ...
Events Pope Gregory I is ordained monk. ...
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References
Ab Ithel, the Rev. John Williams, M.A.,(ed.), 1860 'Annales Cambriae', London; Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.
Dumville, David N. (ed, and trans.), 2002 'Annales Cambriae, A.D. 682-954: Texts A-C in Parallel', Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge.
Phillimore, Egerton (ed.), 1888 'The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies from Harleian MS. 3859', Y Cymmrodor 9 (1888) pp.141-183.
See also English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English historians and their works in the Middle Ages. ...
External links - An English translation of the original annals (combining MSS. A, B & C from the mid 5th to the late 10th centuries) can be found here.
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