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Chronicle

Historical and Chronicle Writing

A chronicle is a genre of historical account in which events are arranged in chronological order, functioning as a predecessor of the modern timeline rather than an analytical history; equal weight is given to historically important and merely local events, recorded from the perspective of the chronicler rather than through selective interpretation. Chronicles present accounts in prose or verse of local or distant events over a considerable period, sometimes spanning the lifetime of the original chronicler and those of several subsequent continuators; when a chronicle deals with events strictly year by year it is often instead called an annal, the narrower related genre from which the chronicle is distinguished by its broader, less rigidly dated scope.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1
Defining Trait
Historical account arranged strictly in chronological order, giving equal weight to major and local events 1
Chronicle
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Kojiki, Works
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1. Chronicle (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia article Chronicle, lead paragraph
    Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler.
  • Wikipedia article Chronicle, English chronicles section
    The most important English chronicles are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, started under the patronage of King Alfred in the 9th century and continued until the 12th century
  • In Group: Chronicles, Annals and Histories, Lead section
    A chronicle (Latin: chronica, from Greek χρονικά chroniká, from χρόνος, chrónos, "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline.
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an early Japanese chronicle of myths
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Wikipedia: Thomas Malory
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the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend
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