Anglo-saxon Chronicle: The

The Chronicle is not a single book but a series of related —year-by-year accounts—distributed to various monasteries for local updates.

: Entries begin with Julius Caesar’s invasions in 60 BC and continue, in some versions, until 1154 . The Anglo-Saxon chronicle

The original "common stock" was likely compiled around under the direction of King Alfred the Great . The Chronicle is not a single book but

: Most of the text is in Old English . However, the later Peterborough Chronicle (Version E) transitionally uses Middle English , making it a vital artifact for linguistic history. The Surviving Manuscripts in some versions