Annales Fuldenses

11th century Carolingian minuscule copy of the Annales Fuldenses kept in the Humanist Library of Sélestat. Entry for the year 855: Earthquake at Mainz

The Annales Fuldenses or Annals of Fulda are East Frankish chronicles that cover independently the period from the last years of Louis the Pious (died 840) to shortly after the end of effective Carolingian rule in East Francia with the accession of the child-king, Louis III, in 900. Throughout this period they are a near contemporary record of the events they describe and a primary source for Carolingian historiography. They are usually read as a counterpart to the narrative found in the West Frankish Annales Bertiniani.