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Coventry Chronicle

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The Coventry Chronicle is a 12th-century world chronicle in annual format covering the period from the Creation to the year 1122.[1]

The manuscript was written by Benedictine monks at Coventry Cathedral Priory, about the year 1150, with an addendum up to 1202. Much of the material to 1150 is a reworking of the Chronica chronicarum by John of Worcester.[2][1]

Today the document is at BL, Harley ms. 3775, fol. 34r-67v and 73r.

References

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  1. ^ a b Hayward, Paul Antony.,The Winchcombe and Coventry Chronicles: Hitherto Unnoticed Witnesses to the Work of John of Worcester, The Medieval Review 12.02.12.
  2. ^ Hayward, Paul Antony, “Coventry Chronicle”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu