The ''Annals of Fontenelle'' (''Annales Fontanellenses'', ''Chronicon Fontanellense'') or ''Chronicle of Saint-Wandrille'' (''Chronicon sancti Wandregesili'') is a short history compiled at the
Abbey of Saint-Wandrille
Fontenelle Abbey or the Abbey of St. Wandrille is a Benedictine monastery in the commune of Rives-en-Seine. It was founded in 649 near Caudebec-en-Caux in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.
First foundation
It was founded by Wandregisel or S ...
between 840 and 856. It is in
annalistic form and its primarily concerns are local.
The ''Annales'' are an important source for the raid of the
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
chiefs Sidroc and
Bjørn in 856–58, and also for King
Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ser ...
's war with
Nominoe
Nominoe or Nomenoe (french: Nominoë; br, Nevenoe; c. 800, 7 March 851) was the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton ''pater patriae'' and to Breton nationalists he is known as ' ("father of the country").
...
, the
duke of Brittany
This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ...
.
Ferdinand Lot found the ''Annales'' to be generally unreliable with dates and dated their composition to after 872.
[Carroll Gillmor, "War on the Rivers: Viking Numbers and Mobility on the Seine and Loire, 841–886", ''Viator'', 19 (1988), p. 83 n. 18.]
Notes
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9th-century Latin books