[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2obq88zui8dxg":3,"$fy6oulildcg5h":14,"$fo5ite1uhrvgd":15,"$f2j5pdm0544zb6":212},{"persons":4,"places":5,"events":6,"institutions":7,"groups":8,"titles":9,"houses":10,"sources":11,"artifacts":12,"librarySections":13},2709,7446,1661,1781,1942,129,107,98,3,6596,{"persons":4,"places":5,"events":6,"institutions":7,"groups":8,"titles":9,"houses":10,"sources":11,"artifacts":12,"librarySections":13},[16,23,30,37,44,51,58,65,72,79,86,93,100,107,114,121,128,135,142,149,156,163,170,177,184,191,198,205],{"slug":17,"title":18,"subtitle":19,"excerpt":20,"coverUrl":21,"publishedAt":22},"two-men-one-date-oswin-of-deira-and","Two men, one date: Oswin of Deira and Bernard of Clairvaux","This week in history: 20 August","A Northumbrian king gets handed over to his cousin’s men at Gilling in 651. Five hundred years later, an abbot dies in a valley in Champagne. They’ve got more to do with each other than you’d think.I ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F703a9079-42d8-48ca-827f-1144c664dd31_6000x4000.jpeg","2026-08-23T23:29:37.000Z",{"slug":24,"title":25,"subtitle":26,"excerpt":27,"coverUrl":28,"publishedAt":29},"about-me-66f","About me!","My name is Meg.","My name is Meg. I grew up in south Louisiana and now live in southeast Virginia. I fell in love with medieval England after picking up ’s The Plantagenets, and I’ve been chasing Anglo-Saxon and early ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!MUYH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a64d100-3df9-436e-bfc7-21fb8b6d31f5_450x600.jpeg","2026-08-12T17:12:07.000Z",{"slug":31,"title":32,"subtitle":33,"excerpt":34,"coverUrl":35,"publishedAt":36},"taken-on-faith","Taken on faith","For the Feast of the Assumption, 15 August: what the Bible says about Mary's death and what tradition built.","Mary’s final appearances in ScriptureMary is at Jesus’s crucifixion along with others. 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Count Henry, his younger brother, r","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F50dbd72c-365d-439e-a2d2-b96cfbdb321e_921x1500.jpeg","2026-08-09T20:03:30.000Z",{"slug":45,"title":46,"subtitle":47,"excerpt":48,"coverUrl":49,"publishedAt":50},"the-death-of-william-ii","The Death of William II","Do you think this was murder, accident, or divine justice? This week in 1100: William II of England was killed.","On 2 August 1100, William II, known as William Rufus, was killed by an arrow to the chest while hunting in the New Forest. 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Wallace lost.The Si","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Ff2ed8642-a0bd-4281-b256-94b9a74e81b8_960x703.jpeg","2026-07-24T21:26:11.000Z",{"slug":59,"title":60,"subtitle":61,"excerpt":62,"coverUrl":63,"publishedAt":64},"who-really-was-mary-magdalene","Who really was Mary Magdalene?","For her feast day, 22 July: what the Gospels say and what tradition built.","Mary Magdalene and Jesus mosaic in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam. 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While sometimes I will still write those, I’m going to concentrate on a different series… following a whole week rather than a single date, b","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F0a400cc3-63e5-4a12-b106-e3699bf2bca8_960x638.jpeg","2026-07-14T00:24:40.000Z",{"slug":80,"title":81,"subtitle":82,"excerpt":83,"coverUrl":84,"publishedAt":85},"titulus-regius","Titulus Regius","The Parliament of 1484","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShare“In January 1484 Richard III called his first parliament an","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!wjDI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F645f2f28-4c7d-491a-ac62-95d092787f7f_1024x958.png","2025-01-27T01:01:07.000Z",{"slug":87,"title":88,"subtitle":89,"excerpt":90,"coverUrl":91,"publishedAt":92},"on-this-day-13-january-1396","On this day, 13 January 1396","John of Gaunt married Katherine Swynford at Lincoln Cathedral.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 13 January 1396, John of Gaunt and Katherine S","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!VK_F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa0cd828-60a8-47f6-b692-96a2c97dafd4_469x600.jpeg","2025-01-14T02:31:01.000Z",{"slug":94,"title":95,"subtitle":96,"excerpt":97,"coverUrl":98,"publishedAt":99},"on-this-day-8-january-1297","On this day, 8 January 1297","the marriage of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, youngest daughter of Edward I of England, to John I, Count of Holland took place in Ipswich.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 8 January 1297, was the marriage of Elizabeth ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Fe093d8b6-b3a0-4998-9630-b0111649071a_219x315.jpeg","2025-01-08T19:08:32.000Z",{"slug":101,"title":102,"subtitle":103,"excerpt":104,"coverUrl":105,"publishedAt":106},"on-this-day-7-january-1327","On this day, 7 January 1327","the parliament that was to depose Edward II met in London.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 7 January 1327, the parliament that was to dep","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!exZm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c3be8d9-64fe-4db1-9637-c2cc6e85f655_461x466.png","2025-01-07T20:55:19.000Z",{"slug":108,"title":109,"subtitle":110,"excerpt":111,"coverUrl":112,"publishedAt":113},"on-this-day-6-january-1367","On this day, 6 January 1367","Richard II of England was born in Bordeaux.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareThe day he was born, he was never expected to be king. He w","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F8386fa37-37e3-4abf-be9d-f9b8d8cd104e_300x402.jpeg","2025-01-07T01:09:56.000Z",{"slug":115,"title":116,"subtitle":117,"excerpt":118,"coverUrl":119,"publishedAt":120},"on-this-day-5-january-1209","On this day, 5 January 1209","Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Count of Poitou, and King of the Romans was born at Winchester.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 5 January 1209, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Cou","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!lAjy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8d53c818-fa4f-4eb4-8787-a38674a4e6ab_330x393.png","2025-01-05T21:01:38.000Z",{"slug":122,"title":123,"subtitle":124,"excerpt":125,"coverUrl":126,"publishedAt":127},"on-this-day-4-january-1400","On this day, 4 January 1400","A plot was discovered to overthrow Henry IV and replace him with former king Richard II.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 4 January 1400, a plot was discovered to overt","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!M_bs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F853ee099-bb35-4f19-a2ce-17caeba89b97_375x448.png","2025-01-05T04:08:07.000Z",{"slug":129,"title":130,"subtitle":131,"excerpt":132,"coverUrl":133,"publishedAt":134},"on-this-day-3-january-1437","On this day, 3 January 1437","Catherine de Valois, the daughter, wife, and mother of kings, died at Bermondsey Abbey in London.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareCatherine de Valois was the daughter of Charles ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!70qS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bc09c97-f5ae-4a58-bf57-053e56e5ee8b_367x565.png","2025-01-04T03:47:47.000Z",{"slug":136,"title":137,"subtitle":138,"excerpt":139,"coverUrl":140,"publishedAt":141},"on-this-day-2-january-1471","On this day, 2 January 1471","Edward IV, King of England, and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, met in Flanders to formalize an alliance.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 2 January 1471, Edward IV, King of ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F32b9a1d4-9201-4a4c-adff-c7f616050948_267x420.jpeg","2025-01-03T01:43:12.000Z",{"slug":143,"title":144,"subtitle":145,"excerpt":146,"coverUrl":147,"publishedAt":148},"2025-to-read-list","2025 To-Read List","my history plans for the new year","I really don’t read enough. I love history. I love reading and researching. There’s no excuse for how little I read in 2024! This year, I plan on reading one book a month. 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did","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!ta33!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbab22031-376b-4988-97f6-f5a5a7afd599_400x592.webp","2024-12-31T23:39:52.000Z",{"slug":157,"title":158,"subtitle":159,"excerpt":160,"coverUrl":161,"publishedAt":162},"on-this-day-21-december-1460","On this day, 21 December 1460","Richard, duke of York arrived at Sandal Castle before the Battle of Wakefield took place.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareThis trek north from London was due to what happ","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F21663d93-f155-4e26-81d6-e3e7973e1a84_600x735.jpeg","2024-12-21T23:48:20.000Z",{"slug":164,"title":165,"subtitle":166,"excerpt":167,"coverUrl":168,"publishedAt":169},"on-this-day-20-december-1387","On this day, 20 December 1387","the Battle of Radcot Bridge was fought between the Lords Appellant and Richard II’s Loyalists.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 20 December 1387, the Battle of Rad","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!lpRL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feda06039-9f33-4ed8-8fdc-ca3f9836aa81_791x600.png","2024-12-21T00:45:25.000Z",{"slug":171,"title":172,"subtitle":173,"excerpt":174,"coverUrl":175,"publishedAt":176},"on-this-day-19-december-1154","On this day, 19 December 1154","Henry II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 19 December 1154, Henry II was crow","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002Ff_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc542d0b9-dd50-4870-927f-a1ab538c78d4_828x591.png","2024-12-20T03:21:06.000Z",{"slug":178,"title":179,"subtitle":180,"excerpt":181,"coverUrl":182,"publishedAt":183},"on-this-day-17-december-1470","On this day, 17 December 1470","Warwick \"the Kingmaker\" was sent to France to bring Queen Margaret and Prince Edward back to England after Henry VI had had his \"readeption.\"","Please don’t forget to like and comment on this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Leave a commentSubscribe nowShareOn this day, 17 December 1470, Richard, Earl of ","https:\u002F\u002Fupload.wikimedia.org\u002Fwikipedia\u002Fcommons\u002Fthumb\u002F0\u002F03\u002FHappy_500_yr_old_Window_Wednesday_-_Flickr_-_Martin_Cooper_Ipswich.jpg\u002F800px-Happy_500_yr_old_Window_Wednesday_-_Flickr_-_Martin_Cooper_Ipswich.jpg","2024-12-17T23:02:29.000Z",{"slug":185,"title":186,"subtitle":187,"excerpt":188,"coverUrl":189,"publishedAt":190},"on-this-day-16-december-1431","On this day, 16 December 1431","Henry VI of England was crowned Henry II of France at Notre Dame Cathedral.","Please don’t forget to like this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Subscribe nowShareOn this day, 16 December 1431, a young Henry VI of England was crowned as Henr","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Fda015e46-6ebb-4aa7-817b-c428ad16e397_2304x3072.avif","2024-12-17T03:16:41.000Z",{"slug":192,"title":193,"subtitle":194,"excerpt":195,"coverUrl":196,"publishedAt":197},"on-this-day-13-december-1470","On this day, 13 December 1470","On this day, 13 December 1470, Edward of Lancaster (son of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou) married Anne Neville (daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick AKA “the Kingmaker”).","Please don’t forget to like this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Subscribe nowShareOn this day, 13 December 1470, Edward of Lancaster (son of Henry VI and Margar","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!fyY5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff6c747cb-1c35-4092-8f50-020e1446b27b_751x1080.png","2024-12-13T19:24:16.000Z",{"slug":199,"title":200,"subtitle":201,"excerpt":202,"coverUrl":203,"publishedAt":204},"on-this-day-11-december-1443","On this day, 11 December 1443","Sir John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope, who was instrumental in the Glyndŵr Rising and and the Hundred Years War under Henry V, died in Bedfordshire.","Please don’t forget to like this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!Support me!Subscribe nowShareOn this day, 11 December 1443, Sir John Cornwall (sometimes spelled Cornwaille","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002F4f224d32-b209-4b81-a85c-76260b0da32a_220x220.png","2024-12-12T00:39:44.000Z",{"slug":206,"title":207,"subtitle":208,"excerpt":209,"coverUrl":210,"publishedAt":211},"on-this-day-10-december-1404","On this day, 10 December 1404","Joan of Navarre, Henry IV's queen consort, received a tower at Westminster in lieu of profits from her vast dower lands.","Please don’t forget to like this post and subscribe to my substack if you enjoy this article!On this day, 10 November 1404, Joan of Navarre, Henry IV’s queen consort, was granted a tower at Westminste","https:\u002F\u002Fsubstackcdn.com\u002Fimage\u002Ffetch\u002F$s_!opHr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\u002Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7d104d5a-8750-4c1f-8053-3661027ff495_1140x694.png","2024-12-11T01:45:56.000Z",{"sources":213,"catalogue":788,"collections":838},[214,224,231,237,245,250,259,267,275,283,291,297,305,313,321,329,337,344,351,359,366,373,380,387,394,400,405,410,416,424,430,437,445,452,459,465,472,480,488,493,500,507,512,519,525,533,540,545,552,557,561,564,569,575,582,590,598,606,613,618,624,630,637,643,650,658,663,667,672,677,681,687,692,699,705,712,719,723,728,733,738,743,749,755,759,766,773,778,783],{"id":215,"name":216,"author":217,"type":218,"dateFrom":219,"dateTo":220,"description":221,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":223},"hist:source\u002Faethelweard-chronicle","Æthelweard's Chronicle","Æthelweard","chronicle",975,983,"Æthelweard's Chronicle — a late 10th-century Latin adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon 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Loci follow the edition's own structure (work abbreviation + its printed chapter numbers).",24,{"id":238,"name":239,"author":240,"type":228,"dateFrom":241,"dateTo":242,"description":243,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":244},"hist:source\u002Falfred-preface-pastoral-care","Alfred's preface to the Pastoral Care","Alfred the Great",890,897,"Alfred's preface to the Pastoral Care — King Alfred's own preface to his translation of Gregory the Great's pastoral handbook, a key statement of the 9th-century revival of learning.",1,{"id":246,"name":247,"author":222,"type":218,"dateFrom":248,"dateTo":248,"description":249,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":236},"hist:source\u002Fanonimalle-chronicle","Anonimalle Chronicle",1381,"a 14th-century chronicle, the fullest narrative account of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Covers the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.",{"id":251,"name":252,"author":222,"type":253,"dateFrom":254,"dateTo":255,"description":256,"collectionId":257,"chunkCount":258},"hist:source\u002Fanonymous-life-of-st-cuthbert","Anonymous Life of St Cuthbert","other",699,705,"the earliest life of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, written by a monk of the community in the late 7th century. Written by a monk of the Lindisfarne community.","hist:collection\u002Flife-of-st-cuthbert",46,{"id":260,"name":261,"author":262,"type":253,"dateFrom":263,"dateTo":264,"description":265,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":266},"hist:source\u002Fbede-martyrology","Bede's Martyrology","Bede (attributed)",700,735,"Bede's Martyrology — the earliest known Latin martyrology of the western church, compiled by Bede in the early 8th century.",331,{"id":268,"name":269,"author":270,"type":218,"dateFrom":271,"dateTo":272,"description":273,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":274},"hist:source\u002Fcapgrave-chronicle-of-england","Capgrave's Chronicle of England","John Capgrave",1462,1464,"Capgrave's Chronicle of England — John Capgrave's 15th-century English chronicle from the Creation to 1417.",349,{"id":276,"name":277,"author":278,"type":253,"dateFrom":279,"dateTo":280,"description":281,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":282},"hist:source\u002Faelfric-catholic-homilies","Catholic Homilies","Ælfric of Eynsham",990,995,"Catholic Homilies — Ælfric of Eynsham's two series of Old English homilies, the great monument of late Anglo-Saxon prose.",45,{"id":284,"name":285,"author":286,"type":228,"dateFrom":287,"dateTo":288,"description":289,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":290},"hist:source\u002Fcely-letters","Cely Letters","Cely family",1472,1488,"Cely Letters — the late 15th-century business and family correspondence of the Cely wool merchants of London and Calais.",11,{"id":292,"name":293,"author":222,"type":228,"dateFrom":294,"dateTo":295,"description":296,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":244},"hist:source\u002Fcharlemagne-offa-correspondence","Charlemagne–Offa correspondence",790,800,"Charlemagne–Offa correspondence — the surviving letters between Charlemagne and Offa of Mercia, a rare record of Anglo-Frankish diplomacy.",{"id":298,"name":299,"author":300,"type":253,"dateFrom":301,"dateTo":302,"description":303,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":304},"hist:source\u002Fchaucer-canterbury-tales","Chaucer, Canterbury Tales","Geoffrey Chaucer",1387,1400,"Chaucer, Canterbury Tales — Geoffrey Chaucer's late 14th-century collection of tales, the landmark of Middle English literature.",26,{"id":306,"name":307,"author":308,"type":218,"dateFrom":309,"dateTo":310,"description":311,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":312},"hist:source\u002Froger-of-howden-chronica","Chronica","Roger of Howden",1192,1201,"Chronica — Roger of Howden's late 12th-century chronicle of English and European affairs, continued to 1201.",88,{"id":314,"name":315,"author":316,"type":218,"dateFrom":317,"dateTo":318,"description":319,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":320},"hist:source\u002Fmatthew-paris-chronica-majora","Chronica Majora","Matthew Paris",1240,1259,"Chronica Majora — Matthew Paris's great 13th-century chronicle of world and English history, the richest narrative source for Henry III's reign.",69,{"id":322,"name":323,"author":324,"type":218,"dateFrom":325,"dateTo":326,"description":327,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":328},"hist:source\u002Fjohn-of-worcester","Chronicle of John of Worcester","John of Worcester",1095,1140,"Chronicle of John of Worcester — an 11th–12th-century Latin chronicle, a key witness to the Norman Conquest and its aftermath.",35,{"id":330,"name":331,"author":332,"type":218,"dateFrom":333,"dateTo":334,"description":335,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":336},"hist:source\u002Fjocelin-of-brakelond-chronicle","Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds","Jocelin of Brakelond",1173,1202,"Chronicle of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds — Jocelin of Brakelond's late 12th-century account of the abbey under Abbot Samson.",17,{"id":338,"name":339,"author":340,"type":228,"dateFrom":341,"dateTo":341,"description":342,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":343},"hist:source\u002Fcnut-letter-to-the-english","Cnut's letter to the English and law codes","Cnut",1020,"King Cnut's proclamation and the law codes of his reign, central to early 11th-century government. Issued in 1020.",2,{"id":345,"name":346,"author":222,"type":218,"dateFrom":347,"dateTo":348,"description":349,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":350},"hist:source\u002Fcroyland-chronicle","Croyland Chronicle",655,1486,"Croyland Chronicle — the chronicle of Crowland Abbey, continued into the 15th century, a source for the Wars of the Roses.",86,{"id":352,"name":353,"author":354,"type":218,"dateFrom":355,"dateTo":356,"description":357,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":358},"hist:source\u002Fgildas-de-excidio-britanniae","De Excidio Britanniae","Gildas",510,545,"De Excidio Britanniae — Gildas's 6th-century lament on the ruin of Britain, the earliest surviving British historical work.",117,{"id":360,"name":361,"author":362,"type":218,"dateFrom":363,"dateTo":363,"description":364,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":365},"hist:source\u002Fbede-ecclesiastical-history","Ecclesiastical History of the English People","Bede",731,"Ecclesiastical History of the English People — Bede's 731 history of the English church and people, the foundational narrative of early England.",163,{"id":367,"name":368,"author":369,"type":218,"dateFrom":370,"dateTo":370,"description":371,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":372},"hist:source\u002Fedward-grim-becket-account","Eyewitness account of Becket's murder","Edward Grim",1170,"Eyewitness account of Becket's murder — Edward Grim's first-hand narrative of the killing of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.",5,{"id":374,"name":375,"author":376,"type":218,"dateFrom":377,"dateTo":377,"description":378,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":379},"hist:source\u002Ffabyan-chronicle","Fabyan's Chronicle","Robert Fabyan",1504,"Robert Fabyan's early 16th-century London chronicle. Also known as The New Chronicles of England and France.",72,{"id":381,"name":382,"author":383,"type":218,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":384,"description":385,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":386},"hist:source\u002Froger-of-wendover-flowers-of-history","Flowers of History","Roger of Wendover",1235,"Flowers of History — Roger of Wendover's 13th-century chronicle, the main source for the early years of Henry III's reign.",55,{"id":388,"name":389,"author":390,"type":218,"dateFrom":391,"dateTo":302,"description":392,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":393},"hist:source\u002Ffroissart-chronicles","Froissart, Chronicles","Jean Froissart",1327,"Froissart, Chronicles — Jean Froissart's 14th-century chronicles of the Hundred Years' War, the great chivalric narrative of the age.",298,{"id":395,"name":396,"author":397,"type":253,"dateFrom":398,"dateTo":398,"description":399,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":236},"hist:source\u002Fgerald-of-wales-descriptio-cambriae","Gerald of Wales, Descriptio Cambriae","Gerald of Wales",1194,"Gerald of Wales, Descriptio Cambriae — Gerald's late 12th-century description of Wales and its people.",{"id":401,"name":402,"author":397,"type":218,"dateFrom":403,"dateTo":403,"description":404,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":379},"hist:source\u002Fgerald-of-wales-expugnatio-hibernica","Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica",1189,"Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernica — Gerald's account of the Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland.",{"id":406,"name":407,"author":397,"type":253,"dateFrom":408,"dateTo":408,"description":409,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":304},"hist:source\u002Fgerald-of-wales-itinerarium-cambriae","Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae",1191,"Gerald of Wales, Itinerarium Cambriae — Gerald's record of Archbishop Baldwin's 1188 preaching tour through Wales.",{"id":411,"name":412,"author":397,"type":253,"dateFrom":413,"dateTo":413,"description":414,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":415},"hist:source\u002Fgerald-of-wales-topographia-hibernica","Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hibernica",1188,"Gerald of Wales, Topographia Hibernica — Gerald's ethnographic description of Ireland and its marvels.",108,{"id":417,"name":418,"author":419,"type":218,"dateFrom":420,"dateTo":421,"description":422,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":423},"hist:source\u002Fgesta-guillelmi","Gesta Guillelmi","William of Poitiers",1066,1071,"Gesta Guillelmi — William of Poitiers's biography of William the Conqueror, a key Norman source for 1066.",29,{"id":425,"name":426,"author":222,"type":218,"dateFrom":427,"dateTo":427,"description":428,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":429},"hist:source\u002Fgesta-henrici-quinti","Gesta Henrici Quinti",1417,"an eyewitness account of Henry V's Agincourt campaign of 1415. An eyewitness account of Henry V's Agincourt campaign.",25,{"id":431,"name":432,"author":433,"type":218,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":434,"description":435,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":436},"hist:source\u002Fwilliam-of-malmesbury-gesta-regum","Gesta Regum \u002F Historia Novella","William of Malmesbury",1142,"Gesta Regum \u002F Historia Novella — William of Malmesbury's histories of the English kings and his continuation to 1142, the finest historical writing of the 12th century.",264,{"id":438,"name":439,"author":440,"type":218,"dateFrom":441,"dateTo":442,"description":443,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":444},"hist:source\u002Fgesta-stephani","Gesta Stephani","anonymous",1148,1153,"Gesta Stephani — a contemporary account of the reign of King Stephen and the civil war known as the Anarchy.",18,{"id":446,"name":447,"author":448,"type":218,"dateFrom":403,"dateTo":449,"description":450,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":451},"hist:source\u002Fgregorys-chronicle","Gregory's Chronicle","William Gregory (attributed)",1469,"a 15th-century London chronicle, a source for the Wars of the Roses. A London chronicle.",10,{"id":453,"name":454,"author":455,"type":253,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":456,"description":457,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":458},"hist:source\u002Fheimskringla","Heimskringla","Snorri Sturluson",1177,"Snorri Sturluson's saga of the Norwegian kings, including the saga of Harald Hardrada and the invasion of 1066. Includes the saga of King Harald Hardrada.",105,{"id":460,"name":461,"author":462,"type":218,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":463,"description":464,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":290},"hist:source\u002Fhenry-knighton-chronicle","Henry Knighton's Chronicle","Henry Knighton",1396,"a 14th-century chronicle, a major narrative source for the Black Death of 1348–49. A major narrative source for the Black Death of 1348–49.",{"id":466,"name":467,"author":468,"type":218,"dateFrom":391,"dateTo":469,"description":470,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":471},"hist:source\u002Fhigden-polychronicon","Higden's Polychronicon","Ranulf Higden",1352,"Ranulf Higden's universal history in John Trevisa's English translation. In John Trevisa's Middle English translation.",50,{"id":473,"name":474,"author":475,"type":218,"dateFrom":476,"dateTo":477,"description":478,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":479},"hist:source\u002Fhenry-of-huntingdon-historia-anglorum","Historia Anglorum","Henry of Huntingdon",1129,1154,"Historia Anglorum — Henry of Huntingdon's history of the English from the Romans to 1154, a leading 12th-century chronicle.",155,{"id":481,"name":482,"author":483,"type":218,"dateFrom":484,"dateTo":485,"description":486,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":487},"hist:source\u002Fnennius-historia-brittonum","Historia Brittonum","Nennius",829,830,"Historia Brittonum — a 9th-century compilation of British history, the earliest source for the legend of King Arthur.",63,{"id":489,"name":490,"author":222,"type":253,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":491,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":492},"hist:source\u002Fhistoria-de-sancto-cuthberto","Historia de Sancto Cuthberto","Historia de Sancto Cuthberto — a 10th–11th-century account of the community of St Cuthbert and its lands.",33,{"id":494,"name":495,"author":496,"type":218,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":497,"description":498,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":499},"hist:source\u002Forderic-vitalis-historia-ecclesiastica","Historia Ecclesiastica","Orderic Vitalis",1141,"Historia Ecclesiastica — Orderic Vitalis's great 12th-century history of the Norman world, a leading source for the Norman Conquest.",32,{"id":501,"name":502,"author":503,"type":218,"dateFrom":420,"dateTo":504,"description":505,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":506},"hist:source\u002Fwilliam-of-newburgh-historia-rerum-anglicarum","Historia rerum Anglicarum","William of Newburgh",1198,"Historia rerum Anglicarum — William of Newburgh's late 12th-century history of England, prized for its critical method.",167,{"id":508,"name":509,"author":222,"type":234,"dateFrom":510,"dateTo":510,"description":511,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":236},"hist:source\u002Fjoan-of-arc-trial-transcripts","Joan of Arc trial transcripts",1431,"Joan of Arc trial transcripts — the records of the 1431 trial and condemnation of Joan of Arc.",{"id":513,"name":514,"author":515,"type":228,"dateFrom":516,"dateTo":517,"description":518,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":12},"hist:source\u002Fgregory-the-great-letters","Letters to Augustine and Mellitus","Gregory the Great",597,601,"Letters to Augustine and Mellitus — Pope Gregory the Great's letters to Augustine of Canterbury and Mellitus, guiding the conversion of the English.",{"id":520,"name":521,"author":522,"type":218,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":476,"description":523,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":524},"hist:source\u002Fsymeon-of-durham-libellus-de-exordio","Libellus de Exordio and Historia Regum","Symeon of Durham","Libellus de Exordio and Historia Regum — Symeon of Durham's history of the church of Durham and his history of the kings of England.",341,{"id":526,"name":527,"author":528,"type":218,"dateFrom":529,"dateTo":530,"description":531,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":532},"hist:source\u002Fliber-eliensis-stewart-latin","Liber Eliensis","Thomas of Ely (attributed)",1130,1174,"the 12th-century history of Ely Abbey, traditionally attributed to Thomas, a monk of Ely, in the edition ad fidem codicum variorum ('according to the text of various manuscripts'), used for verification.",20,{"id":534,"name":535,"author":536,"type":253,"dateFrom":537,"dateTo":537,"description":538,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":539},"hist:source\u002Fasser-life-of-king-alfred","Life of King Alfred","Asser",893,"Life of King Alfred — Asser's biography of King Alfred the Great, the earliest royal biography in English history.",38,{"id":541,"name":542,"author":362,"type":253,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":543,"collectionId":257,"chunkCount":544},"hist:source\u002Fbede-life-of-st-cuthbert","Life of St Cuthbert","Bede's prose and verse lives of St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. Bede's prose and verse lives.",47,{"id":546,"name":547,"author":278,"type":253,"dateFrom":279,"dateTo":548,"description":549,"collectionId":550,"chunkCount":551},"hist:source\u002Faelfric-lives-of-saints","Lives of Saints",998,"Lives of Saints — Ælfric of Eynsham's collection of Old English saints' lives.","hist:collection\u002Faelfric-lives-of-saints",36,{"id":553,"name":554,"author":278,"type":253,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":555,"collectionId":550,"chunkCount":556},"hist:source\u002Faelfric-lives-of-saints-oe","Lives of Saints (Old English text)","The Old English text of Skeat's EETS edition, from the human-proofread Wikisource transcription. Companion to the modern English translation held under hist:source\u002Faelfric-lives-of-saints, whose Old English was destroyed by OCR (A->4, Æ->^, WÆS->VfJES).",34,{"id":558,"name":559,"author":278,"type":234,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":560,"collectionId":550,"chunkCount":336},"hist:source\u002Faelfric-lives-skeat-tr","Lives of Saints, English translation (Skeat)","Skeat's own Modern English translation, printed on the pages facing the Old English text. Locus convention: each unit carries the locus of the OE page it faces (e.g. 'p. 34' = the translation of printed page 34), so original and translation align by collection + shared locus, the same convention the ASC versions use. The unit's own scan leaf is recorded in source_text_pages.",{"id":562,"name":563,"author":278,"type":234,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":222,"collectionId":550,"chunkCount":429},"hist:source\u002Faelfric-lives-skeat-print","Lives of Saints, printed text (Skeat, EETS OS 76\u002F82)",{"id":565,"name":566,"author":567,"type":234,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":568,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":12},"hist:source\u002Fmemorials-fountains-abbey","Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains","Fountains Abbey","Memorials of the Abbey of St Mary of Fountains — the cartulary and memorials of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire.",{"id":570,"name":571,"author":572,"type":218,"dateFrom":530,"dateTo":530,"description":573,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":574},"hist:source\u002Fgervase-of-canterbury-1174-fire","On the 1174 cathedral fire and rebuilding","Gervase of Canterbury","On the 1174 cathedral fire and rebuilding — Gervase of Canterbury's account of the fire that destroyed the choir of Canterbury Cathedral and its rebuilding.",9,{"id":576,"name":577,"author":222,"type":228,"dateFrom":578,"dateTo":579,"description":580,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":581},"hist:source\u002Fpaston-letters","Paston Letters",1422,1509,"Paston Letters — the 15th-century correspondence of the Paston family of Norfolk, the largest surviving collection of medieval English letters.",136,{"id":583,"name":584,"author":585,"type":228,"dateFrom":586,"dateTo":587,"description":588,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":589},"hist:source\u002Fplumpton-correspondence","Plumpton Correspondence","Plumpton family",1416,1552,"Plumpton Correspondence — the 15th–16th-century letters of the Plumpton family of Yorkshire.",224,{"id":591,"name":592,"author":593,"type":234,"dateFrom":594,"dateTo":595,"description":596,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":597},"hist:source\u002Fregister-freemen-of-york","Register of the Freemen of the City of York","City of York",1272,1485,"Register of the Freemen of the City of York — the register recording the admission of freemen of York.",42,{"id":599,"name":600,"author":601,"type":234,"dateFrom":602,"dateTo":603,"description":604,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":605},"hist:source\u002Fregister-archbishop-wickwane","Register of William Wickwane, Archbishop of York","Archdiocese of York",1279,1285,"Register of William Wickwane, Archbishop of York — the episcopal register of Archbishop Wickwane (1279–85).",40,{"id":607,"name":608,"author":609,"type":218,"dateFrom":610,"dateTo":610,"description":611,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":612},"hist:source\u002Failred-relatio-de-standardo","Relatio de Standardo","Ailred of Rievaulx",1138,"Relatio de Standardo — Ailred of Rievaulx's account of the Battle of the Standard (1138).",21,{"id":614,"name":615,"author":440,"type":253,"dateFrom":616,"dateTo":616,"description":617,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":506},"hist:source\u002Frites-of-durham","Rites of Durham",1593,"Rites of Durham — a 16th-century description of the liturgical rites and furnishings of Durham Cathedral before the Reformation.",{"id":619,"name":620,"author":621,"type":253,"dateFrom":622,"dateTo":622,"description":623,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":451},"hist:source\u002Fwulfstan-sermo-lupi","Sermo Lupi ad Anglos","Wulfstan",1014,"Sermo Lupi ad Anglos — Archbishop Wulfstan's great sermon to the English, denouncing the sins that brought the Viking invasions of 1014.",{"id":625,"name":626,"author":222,"type":234,"dateFrom":627,"dateTo":627,"description":628,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":629},"hist:source\u002Fstatute-of-labourers-1351","Statute of Labourers",1351,"the statute fixing wages and labour after the Black Death. Enacted in 1351.",6,{"id":631,"name":632,"author":633,"type":228,"dateFrom":634,"dateTo":635,"description":636,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":451},"hist:source\u002Fstonor-letters","Stonor Letters and Papers","Stonor family",1290,1483,"Stonor Letters and Papers — the 15th-century correspondence of the Stonor family of Oxfordshire.",{"id":638,"name":639,"author":640,"type":253,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":641,"collectionId":642,"chunkCount":574},"hist:source\u002Fsweet-anglo-saxon-reader","Sweet, An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse","Henry Sweet","the Battle of Maldon as printed in Henry Sweet's standard Anglo-Saxon reader. Contains the Battle of Maldon (ch. XXI).","hist:collection\u002Fbattle-of-maldon",{"id":644,"name":645,"author":601,"type":234,"dateFrom":646,"dateTo":647,"description":648,"collectionId":222,"chunkCount":649},"hist:source\u002Ftestamenta-eboracensia","Testamenta Eboracensia",1300,1500,"the published wills of the diocese of York, a rich source for later medieval society. The published wills of the diocese of York.",190,{"id":651,"name":652,"author":653,"type":654,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":655,"collectionId":656,"chunkCount":657},"hist:source\u002Fanglo-saxon-chronicle","The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle","unknown (multiple scribes, several manuscript versions)","annal","The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — the national annals of Anglo-Saxon England, in the Ingram\u002FGiles translation.","hist:collection\u002Fanglo-saxon-chronicle",491,{"id":659,"name":660,"author":653,"type":654,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":661,"collectionId":656,"chunkCount":662},"hist:source\u002Fanglo-saxon-chronicle-earle-plummer-oe","The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Old English, MS E \u002F Peterborough)","OE witness transcribed by oe-multi-ft-v5 from the 1892 print (headless GPU burst, 2026-08-22); reingested quality, built for the translation engine's alignment corpus. Locus numbering recovered by DP alignment against the edition's own annal numbers; 123 further unnumbered segments remain in the session artifacts.",309,{"id":664,"name":665,"author":653,"type":654,"dateFrom":222,"dateTo":222,"description":666,"collectionId":656,"chunkCount":343},"hist:source\u002Fanglo-saxon-chronicle-thorpe-parallel","The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (tr. Thorpe)","Benjamin Thorpe's English translation volume of the Chronicle (Rolls Series 23, vol. 2). The id says parallel, and the intent of some earlier session was evidently the vol. 1 parallel-text originals — but what was fetched and what the two source_texts rows hold is the vol. 2 TRANSLATION, so this record now says what it is. The Old English witness lives separately (Earle & Plummer, per the training-programme board); the id is kept for stability.",{"id":668,"name":669,"author":440,"type":253,"dateFrom":670,"dateTo":670,"description":671,"collectionId":656,"chunkCount":12},"hist:source\u002Fbattle-of-brunanburh-poem","The Battle of Brunanburh",937,"the Old English poem on the 937 battle, embedded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The Old English poem on the 937 battle, embedded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.",{"id":673,"name":674,"author":440,"type":253,"dateFrom":675,"dateTo":675,"description":676,"collectionId":642,"chunkCount":372},"hist:source\u002Fbattle-of-maldon-poem","The Battle of Maldon",991,"the Old English poem on the 991 battle of Maldon, the finest surviving example of heroic verse. 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