Scotichronicon (Goodall vol. 2)

Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum Supplementis ac Continuatione Walteri Boweri, Inſulæ Sancti Columbæ Abbatis : E Codicibus MSS. editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. vol. 2.
Book by John Fordun, Walter Bower, edited by Walter Goodall Written {{{year}}} Edinburgh : Flaminius, 1759, 1441

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Discussion

The work of Fordun is the earliest attempt to write a continuous history of Scotland. Collectively, this work, divided into five books, is known as the Chronica Gentis Scotorum. The first three are unverified historically, which therefore casts doubt on their accuracy.

Recent scholarship suggests that a portion of what has hitherto been considered Fordun's chronicle, i.e. events after 1153, should be regarded as two separate works, neither of which can, in any meaningful sense, be attributed to Fordun himself. Therefore, the list of yearly events after the death of King David I in 1153 should be regarded as the separate works Gesta Annalia I and Gesta Annalia II.

Fordun also wrote part of another book, and collected materials to cover the history of Scotland to a later period. These materials were used by a continuator, Walter Bower, abbot of the monastery of Inchcolm, who wrote in the middle of the 15th century. Bower did not hesitate to interpolate Fordun's portion of the work with additions of his own. The whole history thus compiled is known as the Scotichronicon. Fordun is often credited as an author of Scotichronicon, and Bower did declare in the text that his aim was to build upon the earlier work of Fordun, but Bower's chronicle is a separate and distinct chronicle..

Therefore,

• Fordrun's Chronica Gentis Scotorum to 1153
• Gesta Annalia I continues to February 1285
• Gesta Annalia II continues to 1363
• Bower's Scotichronicon covers events through 1363 and continues to 1437

Book chapters

• Scotichronicon (Lib. XI, Cap. XXIV)
• Scotichronicon (Lib. IX, Cap. XLIX)

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Sources

• Fordun, John; Bower, Walter (1759) [1441]. Goodall, Walter (ed.). Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum Supplementis ac Continuatione Walteri Boweri, Inſulæ Sancti Columbæ Abbatis : E Codicibus MSS. editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. 2. Edinburgh: Flaminius. hdl:2027/nyp.33433006210425. Google 9whDAAAAcAAJ.
• Broun, Dauvit (2007). "Attitudes of Gall to Gaedhel in Scotland before John of Fordun" (PDF). In Broun, D.; MacGregor, M.D. (eds.). Mìorun Mòr Nan Gall, 'The Great Ill-Will of the Lowlander'? Lowland Perceptions of the Highlands, Medieval and Modern. Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, University of Glasgow. ISBN 0 85261 820 X. OCLC 540108870.
• "Scotichronicon, by Walter Bower, 1510". University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections. Western Medieval Manuscripts, MS. 6 Apr 2024. MS 186/ ff. 1r-332v; 333v-336r. Retrieved 6 Apr 2024.