The Anglo-Saxon period of English history covers a total of six centuries - from the middle of the 5th century. to 1066, from the resettlement of Germanic tribes to the British Isles to the Norman Conquest. From this stage of English history, many monuments remain - charters, royal decrees, laws, letters, decisions of church councils and royal councils, works on grammar, poetry, etc. However, there are only two most important sources about the events of this era: the work of the Anglo-Saxon scribe Bede the Venerable “Ecclesiastical history of the English people" and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. We present to your attention the translation of the latter. Almost all the key moments of Anglo-Saxon history are described in one way or another in the texts published in this book. On the pages of the Chronicle you can find a capacious and vivid presentation of the turbulent English history in the early Middle Ages, when the contours of a state gradually emerged on the map of young Western Europe, which later became one of the main players in the political arena of the world. From the birth of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, through a whirlpool of battles and invasions, the chronicle leads us to the decline of Anglo-Saxon society, which suffered a crushing defeat on the day of the Battle of Hastings - a battle of those that changes the fate of continents. CONTENTS: Introduction: 1. A brief outline of the history of Anglo-Saxon England 72. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: birth and fate 162.1. Manuscripts 162.2. Creators of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 232.3. Continuation of story 272.4. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a literary monument 363. On the principles of translation 41Anglo-Saxon ChronicleManuscript "A" 44Appendix I. Fragment of the manuscript "C" Mercian register 97Fragment of the manuscript "E". Weather articles 991-1066 99Weather article 1066 manuscript "D" 131Appendix II. Preface of King Alfred to the translation of "The Duties of a Shepherd" by Gregory the Great 134Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum 136Treaty of Ethelred the Hesitant and Olaf, son of Tryggvi 138Sermon of the Wolf to the Angles (fragment) 140Notes 143References1. Publications and translations of sources 2281.1. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Publications 2281.2. Translations of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle into English 2281.3. Publications and translations of other sources of the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods 2292. Research 2312.1. Studies on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 2312.2. Studies on Anglo-Saxon England as a whole 2323. Literature in Russian 2343.1. Translations of texts 2343.2. Research 235Royal genealogies, lists of rulers and maps and 238Index of names in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 253Index of place names in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 274