Annals of Vendôme

[2] They are sometimes regarded as a continuation of the chronicle of Rainaud de Saint-Maurice, a canon, archdeacon and schoolmaster of the cathedral of Angers around 1040.

[3] It has been proposed that Abbot Geoffrey of Vendôme introduced the chronicle of Angers into his abbey and began their continuation.

[4] All the entries (events and obituaries) up to 1075 are written in the same hand and are so heavily reliant on the chronicle of Saint-Maurice as to be of little historical value.

The continuations, extending down to the siege of Calais in 1347, are all made in contemporary hands and constitute an original and important source for local events.

In the manuscript, the annals are preceded by a computus table and accompany a calendar that extends from 152 BC until AD 1421.