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» For Earl Henry, father of two Scottish kings, see Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Henry of Huntingdon (c.
1080–
1160) was an
English historian of the 12th century and
archdeacon of
Huntingdon.
Most well known for his
Historia Anglorum (
History of the English) covering the period from the Roman invasion in 43 AD to the accession of
Henry II in 1154. It has been estimated that about seventy-five percent derives directly from others' work through direct quotation, translation or summarization, of which about forty percent comes from
Bede's
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum for the earlier period. It is 'original' for the years 1126–1154, some of the events of which he was often a personal witness, including the reigns of
Henry I and
Henry II, and
the anarchy of
King Stephen. His history is full of dramatic stories and was extremely popular and influential with other historians. Yet his work's popularity shouldn't diminish the sense of the Historia as rigorous history, nor of its careful crafting as a contribution to ongoing political debates about ethnicity, nationality, and the justification of rule over England and Wales.
Henry segmented English history according to the five great invasions by the Romans, Picts and Scots, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans. The Historia was organized, in its 1135 version, into seven books entitled:
- The Rule of the Romans in Britain
- The Coming of the English
- The Conversion of the English
- The Rule of the English
- The Danish Wars
- The Coming of the Normans
- The Rule of the Normans
Later versions of the Historia included up to three additional books, on saints' lives and other miracles (including a spectacularly gory description of the rotting of
Henry I's corpse), and a summary of portions of
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
Henry coined the
periodization term
Heptarchy.
Sources
Diana Greenway (translator), Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon: Historia Anglorum - The History of the English People 1000-1154 (Oxford World's Classics) , Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-284075-4.
Thomas Forester (translator), The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853; George Bell and Sons, 1876.
The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon
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