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chronicle

vr.tr.chronicle · INF.MED

Let an agent explain what a chronicle is as a genre and source, relay how historians use and criticise chronicles, identify major chronicles and traditions, and separate chronicles from annals, histories and modern records.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain what a chronicle is as a genre and source, relay how historians use and criticise chronicles, identify major chronicles and traditions, and separate chronicles from annals, histories and modern records.

A historical account of events arranged in the order in which they occurred, typically year by year, written by a contemporary or near-contemporary recorder such as a monk, official or town clerk; chronicles are primary sources for medieval and early modern history and continue as local, institutional and military chronicles kept by communities and organisations.

What it is for: Recording events in order for memory and reference.

It can be explain the genre and its kinds; identify major chronicles and traditions; relay how historians assess reliability; distinguish chronicles from annals and histories.

Distinguishing features

Chronological arrangement

Contemporary recording

Primary source status

Institutional or local perspective

What it looks like

A manuscript or book with entries by year or reign, sometimes illustrated.

How it is recognised

Chronological entries by year or reign

Written by a contemporary recorder

Annals are terser; a history interprets; a diary is personal

Related models

is a kind of - a genre of writing

written work

is a kind of - a form of historical record

historiography

is confused with - a terser year-by-year form

annals

is used by - as a source

historian

In practice

Families and kinds

medieval monastic and royal chronicles

town and municipal chronicles

Asian chronicle traditions such as the Buranji and Chinese annals

military unit chronicles

modern local and institutional chronicles

chronicles as a literary form

Standards and regulation

Archival and editorial standards for critical editions

Heritage protection of manuscript chronicles

Failure modes and hazards

Taking a chronicle at face value

Bias of the recording institution

Confusing chronicles with later histories

Loss or damage of manuscripts

Also called

BokfilmChronicle of PříborLocal chronicleTungkhungia Buranjivojenské kronikyMunicipal chroniclesmedieval chronicleLes quatre cròniquesSerbian chroniclerhymed chronicleworld chronicleburanjiletopisChronicles of the IndiesLithuanian ChroniclesGestaWelsh chronicleyearbookOld Russian ChroniclesDescripción exacta de la provincia de VenezuelaRelación del descubrimiento del río Apure hasta su ingreso en el OrinocoLos actos y hazañas valerosas del capitán Diego Hernández de SerpaRelación de algunas cosas que acaecieron al muy ilustre señor Don Hernando CortésRelación de las fábulas y ritos de los IncasVerdadera descripción y relación larga de la Provincia y Tierra de las EsmeraldasHistoria de los indios de la Nueva EspañaDescripción de las Indias OccidentalesHistoria de los descubrimientos antiguos y modernos de la Nueva EspañaViaje al Estrecho de MagallanesSuma y narración de los IncasVerídica descripciónCrónica moralizada de los agustinos del PerúEl Orinoco ilustrado y defendidoEl CarneroLetters from Hernán Cortés to Charles VCrónica de la Nueva EspañaHistoria general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del mar Océano que llaman Indias OccidentalesMiscelánea AntárticaItinerario de la armadaRelación breve de la conquista de la Nueva España

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Genre What a chronicle is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What defines a chronicle, and how does it differ from annals, histories and diaries? definition
  2. Is the question about the genre or about a specific chronicle? boundary

Kinds

Kinds and traditions.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. What kinds and traditions of chronicle exist across regions? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific chronicle? action
Use As a source.

Method.

Criticism

Source criticism.

Criticism

Criticism.

  1. How do historians assess the reliability and bias of a chronicle? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Editions

Editions and access.

Editions

Editions.

  1. Where are chronicles edited, translated and digitised? provenance
  2. Which entry fits manuscript studies? action
Keep Keeping a chronicle.

Practice.

Practice

Modern chronicles.

Practice

Practice.

  1. How do communities and organisations keep chronicles today, and what conventions apply? provenance
  2. Which entry fits records management? action

Preserve

Preservation.

Preserve

Preserve.

  1. How are chronicles preserved and protected? provenance
  2. Which entry fits archives? action
Context History and culture.

Context.

History

History of the genre.

History

History.

  1. How did chronicle writing develop from antiquity through the Middle Ages to modern times? provenance
  2. Which entry fits historiography? action

Culture

In culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How are chronicles used in literature and film? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should major chronicles be separate entries?
  • How should critical editions be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific chronicles and a film; should they be split off?
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