Матюшина И. Г. Рукописная вариация в Англосаксонской хронике: анналы за 1069–1071 годы [Электронный ресурс] // Vox medii aevi. 2020. Vol. 1–2(6–7). С. 108–130. URL: https://voxmediiaevi.com/2020-1-2-matyushina
10.24411/2587-6619-2020-10004
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Inna Matyushina
Doctor of Sciences (Philology), leading researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow; Honorary Professor of the University of Exeter I.Matyushina@exeter.ac.uk
Manuscript Variation in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: The Annals for 1069–1071
The article is devoted to the study of variation among the annals for the years 1069–1071 included into manuscripts D and E of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The analysis of variation between the annals for the year 1069 in manuscripts D and E, describing the rebellion against the Normans in Northumbria, shows that the annals in manuscript D, which are more detailed and more emphatic than those in manuscript E, must have been compiled by a contemporary or near contemporary of the events.
The description of the Northumbrian rebellion in the Chronicle of John of Worcester could have been based on the protograph of manuscript D: this hypothesis is confirmed by the similarity in the narrative of the main events in manuscript D and in the Chronicle of John of Worcester, including the description of the burning of York and St Peter’s Minster (altogether omitted in manuscript E), the reference to the same participants (Danish, Anglo-Saxon and Norman) and the use of same names and identical details, such as the number of Danish ships (240 in both manuscript D and the Chronicle of John of Worcester, as opposed to 300 in manuscript E).
On the contrary, the annals for the years 1070–1071 in manuscript D present a shortened record of the annals in manuscript E describing the burning of Peterborough and the siege of Ely; therefore they could go back to the protograph of manuscript E. The interpolated passage in manuscript E concerning the ransacking of Peterborough Minster must have been based on the oral and written chronicles of Peterborough Abbey, and could have been incorporated into manuscript E in the process of copying earlier annals in Peterborough around 1121.
Key words: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; anti-Norman rebellion; Chronicle of John of Worcester; Manuscript D; Manuscript E; manuscript variation.