The Annals of Fulda
Timothy Reuter
This book presents a translation of the Annals Fulda (AF). By ninth century annals were one major vehicles for historical writing within Frankish empire. The AF are principal narrative source written from perspective east Rhine period in which Carolingian Empire gave way to number successor kingdoms, including was become Germany. offer account kingdom death Louis Pious down end century. surviving manuscripts only an echo what must once have been much more extensive transmission, judge by use made later annalists and compilers. brief description manuscript tradition be amplified looking at content annals. For years 714 830 work is undoubtedly compilation draws on earlier annals, particular Royal Lorsch Chronicle, with occasional other smaller sets saints' lives. origins heavily criticised Siegmund Hellmann articles some fifteen after appearance Friedrich Kurze's edition 1891.