The Illuminated Chronicle

Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians from the Fourteenth-Century

Buch | Hardcover

410 Seiten

2018
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-264-3 (ISBN)

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The Illuminated Chronicle was composed in 1358 in the international artistic style at the royal court of Louis I of Hungary. Its text, presented here in a new edition and translation, is the most complete record of Hungary's medieval historical tradition, going back to the eleventh century and including the mythical past of its people. The pictures in this manuscript—formerly known as the Vienna Chronicle—are not merely occasional illustrations added to some exemplars, but text and image are closely connected and mutually related to each other, to qualify it as a proper “illuminated chronicle”. The artistic value of the miniatures is quite high, and the characters are drawn with detail and with a knowledge of anatomy. Forty-two of the miniatures are included in the present volume. A full color facsimile will be accessible online.
The 147 pictures are an invaluable source of information on late medieval cultural history, costume, and court life. In a historiographical context, The Illuminated Chronicle is an attempt at the popularization of the national history and a systematic appeal to circles beyond the old monastic-clerical audience.

János M. Bak is Professor Emeritus of History of UBC Vancouver and Central European University, Budapest, Hungary László Veszprémy is Head of the Institute of Military History and Professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Piliscsaba, Hungary Norbert Kersken is Deputy Head of Department at the Herder Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Marburg, Germany

General Editors’ Preface

The Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians in European Context (Norbert Kersken)
Abbreviations
Abbreviations and signs in text and annotations
Titles cited in abbreviation
List of illustrations and tables
Annotated list of miniatures and medallions

Editors’ Preface

CHRONICA DE GESTIS HUNGARORUM

CHRONICLE OF THE DEEDS OF THE HUNGARIANS

APPENDIX
Chapters 209-12 from related chronicles
Select Bibliography
Index of Names of Persons, Kindreds and Peoples
Index of Geographical Names
Gazetteer for Geographical Names

Erscheinungsdatum	09.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	Central European Medieval Texts ; 9
Zusatzinfo	43 illustrations + CD
Verlagsort	NY
Sprache	englisch; lateinisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	963-386-264-7 / 9633862647
ISBN-13	978-963-386-264-3 / 9789633862643
Zustand	Neuware