Annales Laurissenses
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Annales Laurissenses, meaning "annals of Lorsch", may refer to either of two sets of Reichsannalen
associated with the Abbey of Lorsch:
Reichsannalen
The Reichsannalen are a class of annals composed anonymously in the Carolingian Empire throughout the 9th century. They first appeared under Pepin the Short in 741 and became ubiquitous at monasteries throughout the empire in the following decades...
associated with the Abbey of Lorsch:
- Annales Laurissenses minores (lesser annals of Lorsch), covering the years 680–817 and written at Lorsch
- Annales Laurissenses maiores (greater annals of Lorsch), covering the years 741–801 and discovered at Lorsch
- The Annales LaureshamensesAnnales laureshamensesThe Annales laureshamenses or Annals of Lorsch are a set of annals of the history of Francia covering the years from 703 to 803 with a brief prologue. They were perhaps begun as a continuation of the "Minor Chronicle" of Bede, contained in his De temporibus...
(also meaning "annals of Lorsch") are a distinct set of annals based on a text originally composed at Lorsch (but not discovered there). They cover the years 703–803. - The textually related Annales laureshamenses antiquiores cover the years 768–90, but were not composed at Lorsch.