Chronicle of Moissac
The Chronicle of Moissac (also known as Chronicon Moissiacense) is an anonymous compilation that was discovered in the abbey of Moissac, but is now thought to have been compiled in the Catalan monastery of Ripoll in the end of the tenth century.[1] Like most chronicles, it begins with Adam, but gains increasing interest for historians as it nears its end date of 828. Unfortunately, the entries covering the years 716-770 are missing.[1] The only surviving manuscript of the Chronicle of Moissac dates from the later 11th century and is now in the French National Library in Paris (Cod. Paris. lat. 4886).
The compiler seems to have used early annals that had been compiled in southwest Francia, otherwise untraced, which contribute as primary sources for the career of Charlemagne and the military, political and ecclesiastical history of his times.
Notes
- Collins 1998, p. 6.
Sources
- Collins, Roger (1998). Charlemagne. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-080204416-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Further reading
- Pertz, Georg Heinrich, ed. (1826). "Chronicon Moissiacense". Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores Volume 1 Annales et chronica aevi Carolini (in Latin). Hannover: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. pp. 280–313. Also available from Gallica.
- Claszen, David, and Kats, J.M.J.G. ed. and comm., 'Chronicon Moissiacense Maius. A Carolingian world chronicle from Creation until the first years of Louis the Pious', University of Leiden Research MA thesis, 2 vols (2012), https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/20005