Nagy Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV and his Legend of St Wenceslas

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-963-386-556-9
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 0 Seiten

Reihe: Central European Medieval Texts - CEU Press

One of the few autobiographies to have survived from the Middle Ages, this life history of one of the most influential rulers of the fourteenth century, Charles IV of Bohemia, covers his life from birth until his election as King of Germany in 1346.

Charles IV describes his childhood, spent mainly in the court of French kings, his juvenile years, his marriage and his first steps into the international political scene during the early part of the fourteenth century.

A unique addition to this volume is the first ever English translation of the Legend of Saint Wenceslas, written by Charles IV of Luxemburg.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagy, Balázs

Nagy, Balazs

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editors' Preface

Abbreviations

List of Genealogical Tables and Maps

Ferdinand Seibt: Introduction

Editors' Introduction to the Autobiography

Karoli IV imperatoris Romanorum [Vita ab eo ipso conscripta]

Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV

Editors' Introduction to the Legend

Karoli IV imperatoris Romanorum [Hystoria nova de sancto Wenceslao martyre]

Emperor Charles IV [Legend of St. Wenceslas]

Bibliography

Gazetteer of Geographical Names

Genealogical Tables

Index of Proper Names

Index of Geographical Names

Maps

Über Autor(innen)

Nagy, Balázs
Balázs Nagy is Associate Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of CEU, and at the Department of Medieval and Early Modern European History of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. A founding member of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network (MECERN).