Authors

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

in The Copy Book

There are four posts in The Copy Book credited to The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)

1

The Making of England

In 917, King Edward embarked on a swashbuckling tour of the midlands, and brought their towns under one crown for the first time in five hundred years.

2

St Margaret of Scotland

When Malcolm III, King of Scots, met Princess Margaret of Wessex, he knew at once that he had found a woman capable of setting an example to a whole nation.

3

The Character of the Conqueror

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle looks back on the reign of King William I.

4

The Oath of Olaf Tryggvason

Viking raider Olaf Tryggvason, newly converted to Christianity, threw his weight behind a Danish invasion of England.