The ''Chronicon Salernitanum'', or "Salerno Chronicle", is an anonymous 10th century chronicle of the history of the
Principality of Salerno
The Principality of Salerno ( la, Principatus Salerni) was a medieval Southern Italian state, formed in 851 out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war. It was centred on the port city of Salerno. Although it owed alle ...
. It was probably written around 990 (or 974) and has been attributed to
Radoald of Salerno
Radoald (also ''Raduald'') (died 651) was the duke of Benevento (the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy) from 646 to his death in 651. His elder brother, Aiulf, was mentally unstable and Radoald and their younger brother Grimoald serv ...
, Abbot of
San Benedetto, by Huguette Taviani-Carozzi. It "has some claims to literary merit" and the "matter is good despite the lack of critical ability which disfigures the work," according to the
Catholic Encyclopedia
The ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'' (also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedia'') i ...
.
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External links
''Chronicon Salernitanum'' from Ulla Westerbergh (ed.), ''Chronicon Salernitanum: A Critical Edition with Studies on Literary and Historical Sources and on Language'', Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Studia Latina Stockholmiensia 3 (Stockholm, 1956).
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Italian chronicles
10th-century history books
10th-century Latin books
Duchy of Benevento
Principality of Salerno
10th-century Italian historians
10th-century Latin writers