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Chronology & Dating
Latin
Regnal Year (Annus Regni)
Lat. annus regni ('year of the reign')
The chronological method of dating documents by the completed years of a reigning monarch's rule, beginning on the day of their accession or formal consecration.
Often combined in diplomas with the Year of Grace and the indiction, establishing precise synchronisation between civil chronology and sacred history.
“…anno autem regni praedicti gloriosi regis Offae tricesimo tertio…”
S 106 — Mercian Regnal Dating
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