Chronicle

A record of events arranged in chronological order, often with limited interpretation or causal explanation. Chronicles may cover a place, institution, person, or span of time.

Chronology: The arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred. Chronological order gives a chronicle its basic structure.
Sumerian King List: An ancient Mesopotamian text listing rulers and dynasties in sequence. It shows early chronological record-making blending history with legendary reigns.
Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea: A medieval South Slavic chronicle recounting the history of Duklja and neighboring regions. It preserves a regional sequence of rulers and events through a layered tradition.
Regnal year: A year numbered from the start of a ruler's reign. Many chronicles date events by the reigns of rulers rather than a shared era.
Medieval historiography: The writing and study of history in the medieval period. Chronicles were among the period's main forms for recording and interpreting the past.
Annals: A record of events organized year by year, often as brief entries. Annals share a chronological structure but usually give less continuous narration.
Babylonian Chronicles: A collection of cuneiform records summarizing political and military events in Babylonia. These dated entries exemplify chronicles used to record state affairs.
Chronicle of Novgorod: A set of medieval Russian chronicles recording events associated with Novgorod. Its local perspective makes civic affairs central to chronological recording.
Manuscript transmission: The copying and alteration of texts as they pass between handwritten manuscripts. Each copying stage could add, omit, or rearrange chronicle entries.
Historical memory: The ways groups preserve, shape, and transmit accounts of their past. Selection and repetition in chronicles helped communities retain particular pasts.

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