Chronicle
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 Chronicle facts

• Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler
• This is in contrast to a narrative or history, which sets selected events in a meaningful interpretive context and excludes those the author does not see as important
• Where a chronicler obtained the information varies; some chronicles are written from first-hand knowledge, some are from witnesses or participants in events, still others are accounts passed mouth to mouth prior to being written down
• Some made use of written materials; charters, letters, or the works of earlier chroniclers
• Still others are tales of such unknown origins so as to hold mythical status
• Copyists also affected chronicles in creative copying, making corrections or in updating or continuing a chronicle with information not available to the original author(s)
• The reliability of a particular chronicle is an important determination for modern historians
• In modern times various contemporary newspapers or other periodicals have adopted "chronicle" as part of their name
• Various fictional stories have also adopted "chronicle" as part of their title, to give an impression of epic proportion to their stories
• A chronicle which traces world history is called a universal chronicle