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Generally a '''chronicle''' ({{lang-la|chronica}}, from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{polytonic|χρονικά}} (from {{polytonic|χρόνος}})) is a historical account of facts and events in [[chronology|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 does not 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 does not 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, [[historian]]s 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.<ref>Kulikowski, "Barbarians in Gaul, Usurpers in Britain" ''Britannia'' '''31''' (2000:325-345).</ref> "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 is also applied to a record of public events. Various contemporary [[newspaper]]s or other [[periodical]]s 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 poetry|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 are 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.<ref>'A Glossary of Literary Terms' - M.H. Abrams</ref>
== Alphabetical list of notable chronicles ==
*''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' — [[History of the British Isles|Britain]]
*''[[Annals of Inisfallen]]'' — [[History of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Annals of Lough Cé]]'' - [[History of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' — [[History of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Annals of Spring and Autumn]]'' — [[History of China|China]]
*''[[Bodhi Vamsa]]'' — [[History of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]
*''[[Books of Chronicles]]'' — [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
*''[[Culavamsa|Chula Vamsa]]'' — [[History of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]
*''[[Chronicon Scotorum]]'' - [[History of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Chronicle of Mann]]'' - [[History of the Isle of Man|Isle of Man]]
*''[[Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja|Dioclean Priest's Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Europe|Europe]]
*''[[Chronicle (Jean de Venette)|Chronicle of Jean de Venette]]'' - [[History of France|France]]
*''[[Croyland Chronicle]]'' — [[History of England|England]]
*''[[Dipavamsa|Dipa Vamsa]]'' — [[History of South Asia|Indian subcontinent]]
*''[[Eric's Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Sweden|Sweden]]
*''[[Chronicon (Eusebius)|Eusebius Chronicle]]'' — [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]] and [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
*''[[Fragmentary Annals of Ireland]]'' - [[History of Ireland|Ireland]]
*''[[Froissart's Chronicles]]'' — [[History of Europe|Western Europe]]
*''[[Galician-Volhynian Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Ukraine|Ukraine]]
*''[[Chronicle of Henry of Livonia|Henry of Livona Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Europe|Eastern Europe]]
*''[[History of the Prophets and Kings]]'' — [[History of the Middle East|Middle East]] and [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]]
*''[[Jans der Enikel]]'' — [[History of Europe|Europe]] and [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]]
*''[[Chronicon (Jerome)|Jerome's Chronicle]]'' — [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]] and [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
*''[[Kano Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Nigeria|Nigeria]]
*''[[Chronicon Lethrense|Lethrense Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Denmark|Denmark]]
*''[[Mahavamsa|Maha Vamsa]]'' — [[History of South Asia|Indian subcontinent]]
*''[[Nabonidus Chronicle]]'' — [[Mesopotamia]]
*''[[Nuova Cronica]]'' — [[Florence]]
*''[[Chronicon Paschale|Paschale Chronicle]]'' — [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]]
*''[[Puranas]]'' — [[History of India|India]]
*''[[Qu'ran]]'' — [[History of the Middle East|Middle East]]
*''[[Rajatarangini]]'' — [[History of Jammu and Kashmir|Kashmir]]
*''[[Records of Three Kingdoms]]'' — [[History of China|China]]
*''[[Primary Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Europe|Eastern Europe]]
*''[[Chronicon Slavorum|Chronicle of the Slavs]]'' — [[History of Europe|Europe]]
*''[[Swiss illustrated chronicles]]'' — [[History of Switzerland|Switzerland]]
*''[[Zimmern Chronicle]]'' — [[History of Germany|Germany]]
== References ==
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== See also ==
* '''Chronicles''' are two canonical books of the [[Old Testament]]. See [[Books of Chronicles]].
* [[List of English chronicles]]
* [[Medieval Chronicle Society]]
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