Annals of the six Kings of England by Nicholas Trivet
Translation of the Annals of the Six Kings of England by that traces the rise and rule of the Angevin aka Plantagenet dynasty from the mid-12th to early 14th century. Written by the Dominican scholar Nicholas Trivet, the work offers a vivid account of English history from the reign of King Stephen through to the death of King Edward I, blending political narrative with moral reflection. Covering the reigns of six monarchs—from Stephen to Edward I—the chronicle explores royal authority, rebellion, war, and the shifting balance between crown, church, and nobility. Trivet provides detailed insight into defining moments such as baronial conflicts, Anglo-French rivalry, and the consolidation of royal power under Edward I, whose reign he describes with particular immediacy. The Annals combines careful year-by-year reporting with thoughtful interpretation, presenting history not merely as a sequence of events but as a moral and political lesson. Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, kingship, and the origins of the English state, this chronicle remains a valuable and accessible window into the turbulent world of the Plantagenet kings.
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Tomb of the Eagles is in South Ronaldsay, Orkney Chambered Cairns Unspecified Type.
Unstan Ware is finely decorated early Neolithic Pottery from the 4th Millenium BC and the 3rd Millenium BC; elegant shallow bowls with a groove-pattern around the rim, or undecorated round bottomed bowls. The name is from the Unstan Chambered Cairn [Map] where the pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan Ware is found in tombs: Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map], Tomb of the Eagles [Map], Taversoe Tuick [Map] as well as farmsteads: Knap of Howar [Map].
Carbon Date. 2480BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, no. 104 from Stall 5, use of chamber at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2978, C14 ID: GU-1182 Date BP: 4480 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4400, End BP: 4560
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2430BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as tibia, No, 101 from foundation deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2979, C14 ID: GU-1179 Date BP: 4430 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4375, End BP: 4485
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2420BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 102 from Stall 4 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2981, C14 ID: GU-1180 Date BP: 4420 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4330, End BP: 4510
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2420BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 107 from tomb use SC3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2980, C14 ID: GU-1185 Date BP: 4420 +/- 95, Start Date BP: 4325, End BP: 4515
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2410BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 103 from ST 4 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2982, C14 ID: GU-1181 Date BP: 4410 +/- 130, Start Date BP: 4280, End BP: 4540
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2375BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No, 104 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2983, C14 ID: Q-3013 Date BP: 4375 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 4325, End BP: 4425
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2365BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 106 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2984, C14 ID: GU-1184 Date BP: 4365 +/- 90, Start Date BP: 4275, End BP: 4455
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2360BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No, 107 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2985, C14 ID: Q-3016 Date BP: 4360 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4305, End BP: 4415
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2285BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as deer mandible, No. 109 from hornwork deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2986, C14 ID: Q-3018 Date BP: 4285 +/- 45, Start Date BP: 4240, End BP: 4330
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2260BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 106 from SC 3 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2988, C14 ID: Q-3015 Date BP: 4260 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4205, End BP: 4315
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2260BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Animal bone, id as deer mandible, No 109 from hornwork of cairn at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2987, C14 ID: GU-1190 Date BP: 4260 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 4205, End BP: 4315
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Carbon Date. 2245BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as tibia, No. 100 from foundation deposit at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2989, C14 ID: GU-1178 Date BP: 4245 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 4145, End BP: 4345
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2040BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as cranium, No. 108 from infilling at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2990, C14 ID: GU-1186 Date BP: 4040 +/- 100, Start Date BP: 3940, End BP: 4140
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2030BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as cranium, No. 108 from infilling at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2991, C14 ID: Q-3017 Date BP: 4030 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 3980, End BP: 4080
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 1910BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 105 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2992, C14 ID: GU-1183 Date BP: 3910 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 3830, End BP: 3990
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 1830BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as femur, No. 105 from ST 5 at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2993, C14 ID: Q-3014 Date BP: 3830 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 3880
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 1250BC. Late Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Human bone, id as humerus, No. 110 from megalithic cist inserted in hornwork backing at [Tomb of the Eagles [Map]] Isbister, S Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. Comment (subm): six of the determinations were done in pairs, one in each of two different collaborating laboratories, giving good agreement.
ID: 2994, C14 ID: GU-1187 Date BP: 3250 +/- 55, Start Date BP: 3195, End BP: 3305
Abstract: Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn
Archaeologist Name: J W Hedges
Reference Name: Brit Archaeol Rep Brit Ser, 115, 1983, 62
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767