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historiography
Historiography is the study of the methods of historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension is any body of historical work on a particular subject. The historiography of a specific topic covers how historians ha ...
, a ''chronicon'' is a type of
chronicle
A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...
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annals
Annals ( la, annāles, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record.
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''Chronicon'' (Eusebius)
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''Chronicon'' (Jerome)
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Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham
The ''Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham'' or ''Chronicle of the Abbey of Evesham'', sometimes the ''Evesham Chronicle'', is a medieval chronicle written at and about Evesham Abbey in Worcestershire in western England.
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Chronicon Burgense
The ''Chronicon Burgense'' is a collection of Latin annals that, together with the '' Annales Compostellani'' and the ''Chronicon Ambrosianum'', may form a group of related histories sometimes called the ''Efemérides riojanas'' because they may ha ...
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Chronicon Ambrosianum
The ''Chronicon Ambrosianum'' ( es, Cronicón ambrosiano) or ''Chronica parva Ambrosianum'' ("short Ambrosian chronicle") is a set of exceedingly terse medieval Latin annals that, together with the ''Annales Compostellani'' and the ''Chronicon Burg ...
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Chronicon Compostellanum
The ''Chronicon Compostellanum'' ( gl, Cronicón compostelán, es, Cronicón compostelano) is a narrative Latin chronicle of the history of Spain from the arrival of the Visigoths (which it dates to 362) until the death of Queen Urraca of León o ...
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Chronicon Gothanum
The ''Historia Langobardorum codicis Gothani'', also called the ''Chronicon Gothanum'', is a history of the Lombard people written at and for the court of King Pippin of Italy between the years 806 and 810. It is preserved in the twelfth-century '' ...
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Chronicon Helveticum
The ''Chronicon Helveticum'' (Latin for "Swiss Chronicle") is one of the oldest accounts of the early history of the Swiss Confederation.
The rough draft of the ''Chronicon Helveticum'' was written by Swiss historian Aegidius Tschudi in 1550.Bergi ...
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Chronicon Holtzatiae
The ''Chronicon Holtzatiae auctore presbytero Bremensi'' is a Latin universal chronicle from the year 1448, but concentrating on the County of Holstein (the ''terra Holsacie'') and written by an anonymous presbyter of Bremen originally from Holstei ...
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Chronicon Iriense {{italictitle
The ''Chronicon Iriense'' is a short Medieval Latin, Latin chronicle of the Diocese of Iria Flavia, modern Santiago de Compostela, during the period beginning in 561 and ending in 982. It is usually found appended to the ''Historia Com ...
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Chronicon Lethrense
''Chronicon Lethrense'' (Danish: ''Lejrekrøniken'' English: ''Chronicle of Lejre/Leire'') is a small Danish medieval work from the 12th century, written in Latin.
Themes
Unlike ''Chronicon Roskildense'', which deals primarily with information ...
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Chronicon Lusitanum
The ''Chronicon Lusitanum'' or ''Lusitano'' (also ''Chronica Lusitana'' or ''Chronica/Chronicon Gothorum'') is a chronicle of the history of Portugal from the earliest migrations of the Visigoths (which it dates to 311) through the reign of Portu ...
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Chronicon Paschale
''Chronicon Paschale'' (the ''Paschal'' or ''Easter Chronicle''), also called ''Chronicum Alexandrinum'', ''Constantinopolitanum'' or ''Fasti Siculi'', is the conventional name of a 7th-century Greek Christian chronicle of the world. Its name com ...
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Chronicon Pictum
The ''Chronicon Pictum'' (Latin for "illustrated chronicle", English language, English: ''Illuminated Chronicle'' or ''Vienna Illuminated Chronicle'', hu, Képes Krónika, sk, Obrázková kronika, german: Illustrierte Chronik, also referred to ...
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Chronicon Roskildense
''Chronicon Roskildense'' (Danish: ''Roskildekrøniken'' English: ''Roskilde Chronicle'') is a small Danish historical work, written in Latin. It is one of the oldest known attempts to write a coherent account of Danish history by a Danish aut ...
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Chronicon Salernitanum The ''Chronicon Salernitanum'', or "Salerno Chronicle", is an anonymous 10th century chronicle of the history of the Principality of Salerno. It was probably written around 990 (or 974) and has been attributed to Radoald of Salerno, Abbot of San Be ...
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Chronicon Scotorum
''Chronicon Scotorum'', also known as ''Chronicum Scotorum'', is a medieval Irish chronicle.
Overview
According to Nollaig Ó Muraíle, it is "a collection of annals belonging to the ' Clonmacnoise group', covering the period from prehistoric tim ...
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Chronicon complutense
The ''Chronicon complutense sive alcobacense'' ("Complutensian Chronicle, that is, rom a manuscriptof Alcalá de Henares ncient Complutum) is a short medieval Latin history, in the form of annals, of events in Galicia and Portugal up to the deat ...
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Chronicon terrae Prussiae
''Chronicon terræ Prussiæ'' (Latin for "The Chronicle of the Prussian Land") is a chronicle of the Teutonic Knights, by Peter of Dusburg, finished in 1326. The manuscript is the first major chronicle of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and the Gra ...
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Chronicles