The only native record of the kingdom of Mann and the Hebrides. For 1200 it gives the reign of Ragnall (Rognvaldr) son of Godred, king since 1187, his hold on Mann and the Isles under Norwegian overlordship, his gift of Lewis to his brother Olaf and the trouble it bred, and his family ties to Galloway and Ulster. The entries are short and the chronology is loose, since the text was composed half a century later, but nothing else names the island kings and bishops of Sodor for the year.
About this source
- Title
- Chronica regum Manniae et Insularum
- Author
- Anonymous (monks of Rushen abbey, Mann)
- Written
- about 1257, with continuations to 1316
- Language
- Latin
- Covers
- 1016 to 1316
- Kind
- Chronicle
Munch's own edition appeared in Christiania in 1860; the 1874 Manx Society print reissues it with Goss's translation and notes. The chronicle's year dates are often one or two years out and need checking against the Irish annals.
Where to read it
Editions
- P. A. Munch (ed.), A. Goss (trans.), Chronica regum Manniae et Insularum: The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, Manx Society 22, vol. 1 (Douglas, 1874), Latin with English
- G. Broderick (ed. and trans.), Chronicles of the Kings of Mann and the Isles (1979; 1995), not free (not freely online)
Translations
- A. Goss's English translation in the Manx Society edition (1874)
- J. Johnstone, Antiquitates Celto-Normannicae (1786), Latin text with an English translation