Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum explained
The Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum ("Chronicle of the deeds of the consuls of Anjou"), or simply Gesta consulum Andegavorum, is a Latin history of the Ingelgerian dynasty of the county of Anjou written in the early 12th century, probably between 1106 and 1109, during the second reign of Count Fulk IV.[1]
The Chronica survives in five different redactions represented by seven manuscripts.[2] The text was revised and expanded several times in the 12th century, the last time in 1172 by John, a monk of Marmoutier près Tours.[1] The Chronica often appears together in manuscripts with two other Angevin historical works, the Liber de compositione castri Ambaziae and Gesta Ambasiensium dominorum.[2]
The Chronica consists of a series of biographies beginning with the supposed founder of the dynasty, Tertullus, who is not mentioned in any earlier source.[3]
Editions
- "Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum", in Louis Halphen and René Poupardin, eds., Chronique des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise (Paris: Auguste Picard, 1913), pp. 25–73.
- "Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum", in Paul Marchegay and André Salmon, eds., Chroniques d'Anjou, Volume 1 (Cambridge University Press, 2010 [1856]), pp. 34–157.
Further reading
- Bachrach, Bernard S. "Some Observations on the Origins of the Angevin Dynasty." Medieval Prosopography 10.2 (1989): 1–24.
- Bachrach, Bernard S. "Neo-Roman vs. Feudal: The Heuristic Value of a Construct for the Reign of Fulk Nerra, Count of the Angevins (987-1040)." Cithara 30.1 (1990): 3–32.
- Barton, Richard E. "Writing Power, Lordship, and History: The Gesta consulum Andegavorum's Account of the Battle of Alençon." Anglo-Norman Studies 27 (2005): 32–51.
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