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The Medieval Church · c. 1195
The Chronicle
Michael the Syrian · 1126–1199
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What it is
A world chronicle in parallel columns for sacred and secular events, quoting sources back to the sixth century that survive nowhere else.
Why it lasted
The largest medieval chronicle in any language, and an indispensable source for Syriac, Byzantine, and early Islamic history.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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