One device that is described in this work of history is a sachentege, an instrument of torture whose wearer would be unable to sleep, sit or lie down.
One device that is described in this work of history is a sachentege, an instrument of torture whose wearer would be unable to sleep, sit or lie down. Another section describes how, during the Feast of St. Ambrose, stars fell from the sky all at once. This text openly interchanges the word "Christmas" with that of "mid-winter," and much of it describes various archbishops receiving the pall from the pope. Manuscripts of this work written in vernacular England are named after Wincester and Abingdon, although the one named after Canterbury Cathedral is notably bilingual. This work opens by England, which is 200 miles long and 800 miles wide, and it ends with an account of the death of King Stephen. It takes as its subject the years from the birth of Christ to 1154 A.D. and was likely inspired by the scholarship of Charlemagne. Continuously updated after its initially writing, it was used as a source by Geoffrey of Monmouth. For 10 points, name this collection of annals that describes an ethnic group that invaded England during the Norman Conquest.
One device that is described in this work of history is a sachentege, an instrument of torture whose wearer would be unable to sleep, sit or lie down.
{Anglo-Saxon Chronicle}