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Chronicle

Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order.
The term refers to a book written by a chronicler in the Middle Ages describing historical events in a country, or the lives of a nobleman or a clergyman.

Chronicles are two canonical books of the Old Testament.



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Thomas a Kempis

... at Augsburg in 1486. The first English translation (1502) was by William Atkinson and Margaret, mother of Henry VII., who did the fourth book. Translations appeared ...

 
 
 
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