Cosmas of Prague

The Chronicle of the Czechs - Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum

Buch | Hardcover

550 Seiten

2020
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-300-8 (ISBN)

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The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague. Cosmas was born around 1045, educated in Liege, upon his return to Bohemia, he got married as well as became a priest. In 1086 he was appointed prebendary, a senior member of clergy in Prague. He completed the first book of the Chronicle in 1119, starting with the creation of the world and the earliest deeds of the Czechs up to Saint Adalbert. In the second and third books Cosmas presents the preceding century in the history of Bohemia, and succeeds in reporting about events up to 1125, the year when he died.

The English translation was done by Petra Mutlova and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Svanda. The introduction and the explanatory notes were written by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude.

Janos M. Bak, professor emeritus CEU (Budapest) and UBC (Vancouver) is editor in chief of Decreta Regni Mediaevalis Hungariae. The Laws of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary (DRMH), and member of the editorial board of Central European Medieval Texts. Pavlina Rychterova is historian at the Institut fur Mittelalterforschung OEAW

General Editors' Preface
Abbreviations
List of tables and illustrations
Introduction
COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA BOHEMORUM
COSMAS OF PRAGUE, THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS
Appendix: The Foundation of the monastery of Sazava
Bibliography
Gazetteer of place names
Index of names

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Central European Medieval Texts ; 9
Verlagsort	Budapest
Sprache	englisch; lateinisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	963-386-300-7 / 9633863007
ISBN-13	978-963-386-300-8 / 9789633863008
Zustand	Neuware