This is the only instance of evocatio recorded by the annalistic tradition. In his work, he showed contempt for the previous Roman historians of the annalistic school. Much annalistic, hagiographic, and poetic material survives from the early Muscovite period. In addition, the text bears close similarities to the so-called Clonmacnoise-group of annalistic texts. A part of information source for the Rathcroghan complex comes from annalistic references. In 1941 Likhachyov presented his thesis "The Novgorod Annalistic Corpus of the 12th Century". Its annalistic format was typical of civic chronicles of the same period. Annalistic evidence of such an alliance is found well into the late eleventh century. The first annalistic account regarding Gormlaith appears in the "Annals of Inisfallen". The historical accounts of Tomrair are the earliest annalistic references to the office of "".