King Alfred (849?-899) ordered a complilation of chronicles out of which seven manuscripts survive. The Peterborough Chronicle recorded what happened in England from A.D. 1 to A.D. 1154. Early people were interested in astronomical phenomena, and they regarded them as ill omens. In this paper, I have listed the descriptions of comets and other celestial matter and tried to explain the feeling of early people towards astronomical phenomena. I have also quoted from various sources to show the still-enduring beliefs as described in the Peterborough Chronicle. Almost all the descriptions of comets and other celestial matter had something to do with ill omens.
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長崎外大論叢
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The Journal of Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies