THE CHRONICLES OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND .2. THE COMPOSITION OF CONTEMPORANEOUS ANNALS OF CHRONICLES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE 'CHRONICLE OF BURY ST EDMUNDS'

In the second and final part of this article, the author looks at the process by which a chronicler compiled an account of contemporary events. This study is based on the special example of the Chronicle of Bury St Edmunds, which is argued to be a fairly typical example of English and Scottish chronicles of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The article seeks to show that other chroniclers adopted similar methods for incorporating contemporary information. It also shows how the text of such chronicles was disseminated among religious houses. © 1991.