Authorship: LetterĘthelweard 23 View information for this person Author of Chronicle of Ęthelweard

Scholarly Info
Authored Work Ęthelweard.Chron  Chronicle of Ęthelweard (Letter)
Year 978 x 988
Primary Source Info
Original Text Ergo prosapia de moderna et de iteratione propinquitatis nostrae in praesenti epistola sine nexilitate exorno, qui et quomodo et unde propinqui, in quantum memoria nostra argumentatur, et sicut docuere parentes.
(In the present letter I [sc. Ęthelweard 23] describe [sc. to Matilda 1] without complexity our family in recent times and reiterate our relationship, who our relatives were, how [they were related] and from where [they came], insofar as my memory has provided proof and as my parents taught.)

Notes:

*The whole of the Prologue is in the form of a letter to Matilda 1.

Persons associated with this Factoid:

  • Primary: Ęthelweard 23 (Ealdorman of the Western Provinces, c.975-c.998; author of a chronicle)