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Chronicle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Chronicle (disambiguation).
Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica, from Greek Χρόνος) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. Typically equal weight is given for important events and less important events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which focuses on important events and excludes those the author does not see as important.
Nabonidus Chronicle, British Museum, London
Scholars categorize the genre of chronicle into two subgroups: live chronicles, and dead chronicles. A dead chronicle is one where the author gathers his list of events up to the time of his writing, but does not record further events as they occur. A live chronicle is where one or more authors add to a chronicle in a regular fashion, recording contemporary events shortly after they occur. Because of the immediacy of the information, historians tend to value live chronicles over dead ones.
The term often refers to a book written by a chronicler in the Middle Ages describing historical events in a country, or the lives of a nobleman or a clergyman, although it is also applied to a record of public events. Various contemporary newspapers or other periodicals have adopted "chronicle" as part of their name. Various fictional stories have also adopted "chronicle" as part of their title, to give an impression of epic proportion to their stories.
List of notable chronicles
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — Britain
- Annals of Inisfallen — Ireland
- Annals of the Four Masters — Ireland
- Annals of Spring and Autumn — China
- Bodhi Vamsa — Sri Lanka
- Books of Chronicles — Middle East
- Chula Vamsa — Sri Lanka
- Dioclean Priest's Chronicle — Europe
- Croyland Chronicle — England
- Dipa Vamsa — Indian subcontinent
- Froissart's Chronicles — Western Europe
- Galician-Volhynian Chronicle — Ukraine
- Henry of Livona Chronicle — Eastern Europe
- History of the Prophets and Kings — Middle East and Mediterranean
- Jans der Enikel — Europe and Mediterranean
- Jermone Chronical — Mediterranean and Middle East
- Kano Chronicle — Nigeria
- Lethrense Chronicle — Denmark
- Maha Vamsa — Indian subcontinent
- Nabonidus Chronicle — Mesopotamia
- Paschale Chronicle — Mediterranean
- Puranas — India
- Qu'ran — Middle East
- Rajatarangini — Kashmir
- Records of Three Kingdoms — China
- Russian Primary Chronicle — Eastern Europe
- Slavorum Chronicle — Europe
- Swiss illustrated chronicles — Switzerland
- Zimmern Chronicle — Germany
See also
- Chronicles are two canonical books of the Old Testament. See Books of Chronicles.
- List of English chronicles
- Medieval Chronicle Society
- English historians in the Middle Ages
- Universal chronicle
Categories: Chronicles | Medieval literature
