Chronica de gestis consulum Andegavorum
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
[edit]- "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. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511731433.002
References
[edit]- ^ a b N. L. Paul (2015), "Origo Consulum: Rumours of Murder, a Crisis of Lordship, and the Legendary Origins of the Counts of Anjou", French History, 29 (2): 139–160, doi:10.1093/fh/cru112.
- ^ a b L. Halphen; R. Poupardin (1913), "Introduction", Chronique des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise, Auguste Picard, pp. v–xcv.
- ^ Karol Szejgiec (2018), "Creating the Past and Shaping Identity – Angevin Dynastic Legend ('Gesta consulum Andegavorum')", in A. Pleszczynski; J. A. Sobiesiak; M. Tomaszek; P. Tyszka (eds.), Imagined Communities: Constructing Collective Identities in Medieval Europe, Brill, pp. 144–153, doi:10.1163/9789004363793.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.