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History as Literature

German World Chronicles of the Thirteenth Century in Verse

R Graeme Dunphy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Medieval Institute Publications

Published:1st Jul '03

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This volume presents excerpts and translations in parallel-text of three thirteenth-century South German verse chronicles: Rudolf von Ems's Weltchronik, the anonymous Christherre-Chronik, and the Weltchronik of Jans Enikel. These three works are close in language, in date, and in conception, yet they also differ significantly, representing the perspectives of three distinct sections of medieval society: courtly, monastic, and urban. The excerpts have been chosen from the beginning of Rudolf's chronicle, the middle of the Christherre-Chronik and the end of Enikel, so that taken together they give something of an impression of the chroniclers' arrangement of material in a continuum from the beginning to the end of history.

ISBN: 9781580440424

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 14mm

Weight: 335g

194 pages