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The Medieval Church · c. 1025–1034

The Chronicle

Adémar of Chabannes · c. 989–1034

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What it is

A history of the Franks and of Aquitaine by a monk who also forged an apostolic pedigree for his own monastery's patron and staged a council to confirm it.

Why it lasted

Valuable for the Peace of God movement and for heresy accusations around the year 1000 — and a famous case study in medieval forgery.

Where to read it

Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.

These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.

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