The Anglo Saxon Chronicle Quotes

“He was a mild man, and gentle and good, and did no justice. [Said of King Stephen, 1135-1154.]”
― Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The Anglo-saxon Chronicle According To The Several Original Authorities, Ed., With A Tr., By B. Thorpe

“Then he died; and Ceawlin, his son, succeeded, who reigned seventeen years. Then he died; and Ceol succeeded to the government, and reigned five years.”
― Various, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Illustrated and Annotated

“A.D. 867. This year the army went from the East-Angles over the mouth of the Humber to the Northumbrians, as far as York. And there was much dissension in that nation among themselves; they had deposed their king Osbert, and had admitted Aella, who had no natural claim. Late in the year, however, they returned to their allegiance, and they were now fighting against the common enemy; having collected a vast force, with which they fought the army at York; and breaking open the town, some of them entered in. Then was there an immense slaughter of the Northumbrians, some within and some without; and both the kings were slain on the spot. The survivors made peace with the army. The same year died Bishop Ealstan, who had the bishopric of Sherborn fifty winters, and his body lies in the town.”
― Various, The Anglo Saxon Chronicle