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Generally a
chronicle (from
Greek χρονικά (from χρόνος)) is a historical account of facts and events in
chronological order. Typically, equal weight is given for important events and less important events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred. This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which focuses on important events, sets them in a meaningful interpretive context and excludes those the author doesn't see as important.
Scholars categorize the
genre of chronicle into two subgroups: live chronicles, and dead chronicles. A
dead chronicle is one where the author gathers his list of events up to the time of his writing, but doesn't record further events as they occur. A
live chronicle is where one or more authors add to a chronicle in a regular fashion, recording contemporary events shortly after they occur. Because of the immediacy of the information,
historians tend to value live chronicles, such as
annals, over dead ones.
"The chronicle is is one of the quintessentially Christian forms of historical writing," Michael Kulikowsky has remarked. "The ultimate goal of this exercise is usually to place the events of human history in the framework of Christian time, to record the annual stages by which human history marches towards the
Second Coming" This makes the Christian chroniclers particularly awake to wars, plagues and disasters.
The term often refers to a
book written by a chronicler in the
Middle Ages describing historical events in a country, or the lives of a nobleman or a clergyman, although it's also applied to a record of public events. Various contemporary
newspapers or other
periodicals have adopted "chronicle" as part of their name. Various
fictional stories have also adopted "chronicle" as part of their title, to give an impression of
epic proportion to their stories.
A chronicle which traces world history is called a
Universal chronicle.
Chronological narration
Chronicles, the predecessors of modern 'histories' were accounts, in prose or verse, of national or worldwide events over a considerable period of time. If the chronicles deal with events year by year, they're often called
annals. Unlike the modern historian, most chroniclers tended to take their information as they found it, and made little attempt to separate fact from legend. The most important English chronicles are the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, started by King Alfred in the ninth century and continued until the twelfth century, and the
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (1577-87) by
Raphael Holinshed and other writers; the latter documents were important sources of materials for Elizabethan drama.
Alphabetical list of notable chronicles
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