Annales Cambriae

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Annales Cambriae is a medieval Welsh chronicle that provides some of the earliest written references to King Arthur and events associated with Arthurian legend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin chronicle
Welsh chronicle
medieval chronicle
associatedWith Arthurian legend
King Arthur
chronicleType Easter annals
compiledAt Dyfed
St David’s
linked to: St David's
containsReferenceTo Battle of Badon
Battle of Camlann
countryOfOrigin Wales
coversTimePeriod years 445–977
dateOfComposition 10th century
earliestSurvivingVersionDate mid-10th century
genre annals
hasAlternativeName Annals of Wales
linked to: Annales Cambriae
hasManuscript A-text
B-text
C-text
hasScholarlyEditionBy John Williams ab Ithel
historicalRegion medieval Wales
includesEventType battles
deaths of kings
ecclesiastical events
natural phenomena
language Latin
mainSubject Welsh history
early medieval Britain
mentions Anglo-Saxons
Arthur
Medraut
Saint David
Saint Patrick
Vikings
kings of Dyfed
linked to: Kingdom of Dyfed

kings of Gwynedd
kings of Powys
preservedIn British Library
relatedWork Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Brut y Tywysogion
Historia Brittonum
sourceFor Arthurian studies
chronology of early medieval Britain
early Welsh history
structure year-by-year entries
usedBy medieval historians
modern historians
writtenInScript insular minuscule

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Arthurian legend earliestKnownSource Annales Cambriae
Brut y Tywysogion relatedWork Annales Cambriae
Kingdom of Dyfed mentionedIn Annales Cambriae
Annales Cambriae hasAlternativeName Annals of Wales
linked to: Annales Cambriae
Alt Clut attestedInSource Annales Cambriae
Old North hasNotableTextualSource Annales Cambriae
Elmet mentionedIn Annales Cambriae
Camlan mentionedIn Welsh Annals (Annales Cambriae)
linked to: Annales Cambriae