1
Raphael Holinshed, who was born about 1520, is one of the most celebrated of English chroniclers.
2
The best English chroniclers omit his name from the list of those who submitted when London surrendered.
3
English chroniclers grew inquisitive about revolutions in Norway, the state of parties in Germany, the geography of Spain.
4
English scholars thronged the foreign universities; English chroniclers questioned travellers, scholars, ambassadors, as to what was passing abroad.
5
Foreign policy it had none; when its kings passed to Normandy, English chroniclers knew nothing of their doings or their wars.
6
The oldest ballads extant on this affair were current in 1550, and show traces of the reading of Froissart and the English chroniclers.