An 'earthquake' in Britain in 664

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2005
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Woods, David
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Medieval Academy of Ireland
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There is good reason to doubt the soundness of a record in the Irish annals of an earthquake in Britain in 664. It appears that a metaphorical reference to a disturbance in the church there, namely, the contentious synod of Whitby, has been interpreted literally and misunderstood by the compiler of the record that lies behind the extant annals.
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Irish annals , Iona Chronicle , Bede , earthquakes , plague , eclipses , chronology , events of 664 , synod of Whitby
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Woods, D., 2005. An 'earthquake' in Britain in 664. Peritia, 19, pp. 256-262
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Copyright © 2005 Medieval Academy of Ireland