Chronica Majora

The Chronica majora ( Larger chronicle, Chronica maior also, Chronica majora, Historia major) is applied as a universal chronicle major work of Matthew Parisiensis, German: Matthew Paris (c. 1200-1259 ).

The historical work written in Latin begins with the creation of the world and dates back to the year 1259th Its author was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St. Albans, near London. The Chronica majora is based on the work of another historian from St. Albans, the Flores Historiarum by Roger of Wendover († 1236 ). The Chronica majora is an important source for the outgoing Staufer period (see Frederick II ). The Pope and the states in the Curia are often attacked it.

The work survives in three manuscripts. Two of them are located in the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, signature CCCC CCCC 26 and 16 The third is located in the British Library under the signature BL Royal 14.C.vii. Another manuscript is in the Cotton Library of the British Library, Cotton Nero signature BL Dv '

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Translations

English

  • Chronicles. London in 1851 (5 vols. )
  • La grande chronique d' Angleterre ( Sources de l' histoire d' Angleterre )

German

  • Excerpts from the larger chronicle of Matthew of Paris. After the issue of Monumenta Germaniae translated by G. and W. Grandaur Wattenbach ( = The historian of antiquity in German German working under the protection of His Majesty the King Frederick William IV of Prussia edited by GH Pertz, I. Grimm, K Lachmann, L. Ranke, K. Ritter. Continued from W. Wattenbach. . Thirteenth century. 5 band )
Cremona Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry I of England Order of Saint Benedict St Albans Cathedral House of Hohenstaufen Illuminated manuscript Monumenta Germaniae Historica Wilhelm Wattenbach Karl Hampe Integrated Authority File
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