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Open Chronicles

Open medieval histories in source-faithful and reader’s editions. Free English translations from medieval source languages—carefully prepared, openly licensed, and built for readers.

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Published · Volume 3

The Eastern Frontier, 961–996

Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī · preceding chronicle section

Source-faithful translation with 353 numbered paragraphs, 153 printed-page anchors, textual notes, and glossary.

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Published · Volume 4

Gesta Francorum

Anonymous · The Deeds of the Franks (BAV Reg. lat. 572)

Source-faithful translation from a single Vatican manuscript of the First Crusade chronicle, with notes and glossary.

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Published · Volume 5

John the Oxite · Speech 1

Patriarch of Antioch · Address to Alexios I (c. 1091)

Source-faithful translation and lightened reader’s edition of the first discourse — free HTML and PDF.

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Two edition types

Works publish first in a source-faithful form; reader’s editions follow when prepared.

Source-faithful

Source-faithful translation

Preserves substance, sequence, names, numbers, and the author’s rhetoric. Only the changes needed for readable modern English—no silent sanitizing or embellishment.

Reader’s edition

Reader’s edition

Continuous modern reading, based on the source-faithful text. No invented dialogue or events; medieval language is not softened for comfort.

What this is

Open Chronicles is an independent open-access project. English editions are prepared with AI assistance and human editing, then released free under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

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