Gesta Annalia

Gesta Annalia ("Yearly Deeds") is an important medieval chronicle detailing the history of Scotland.

The history seems to be split into two main sections. Whilst Gesta Annalia I seems to concern events to February 1285, Gesta Annalia II appears to concern events between October 1285 to 1363.[1] The composition of Gesta Annalia I was likely completed in 1285, between February and the middle of April.[2]

Citations

  1. ^ Broun (2007a) p. 52; Broun (2007b) p. 175.
  2. ^ Broun (2007b) pp. 175, 186 n. 52, 216.

References

Primary sources

  • Skene, WF, ed. (1871). Johannis de Fordun Chronica Gentis Scotorum. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas – via Internet Archive.
  • Skene, WF, ed. (1872). John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas – via Internet Archive.

Secondary sources

  • Broun, D (2007a). "Attitudes of Gall to Gaedhel in Scotland in Scotland Before John of Fordun" (PDF). In Broun, D; MacGregor, M (eds.). Mìorun Mòr nan Gall, 'The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander'? Lowland Perceptions of the Highlands, Medieval and Modern. Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow. pp. 49–82. OCLC 540108870.
  • Broun, D (2007b). Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain: From the Picts to Alexander III. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978 0 7486 2360 0.