Henry of Latvia

Henry of Latvia, also of Livonia or Henricus de Lettis (* at Magdeburg; † after 1259 ) was a German chronicler.

He was born in the Magdeburg area and stayed at the pin Segeberg in Holstein. Henry of Latvia was still a child in 1205 to Riga and from then on worked as a missionary in Livonia. There he was ordained by Bishop Albert as a priest in 1208. He was invested with the parish at the Ymera ( Pape village, Latvian Rubene, 12 km north of Wenden ).

Henry of Latvia authored 1225-1227 the " Chronicon Livoniae " ( Henry Livonian Chronicle ), the Christianization ( 1180-1227 ) of Latvians, Livs and Estonians describes and represents a prominent source for the Baltic region during the Middle Ages.

Expenditure

  • Leonid Arbuzov and Albert Bauer ( ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Henry Livonian Chronicle ( Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae ). Hannover 1955 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
  • Henry of Latvia: The Liefländischen Chronicle First Part: Of Liefland among its first bishops, which erleutert the old story of the Russians, Germans, Swedes, Danes, Esthonians, Livs, Latvians, Lithuanians, cures and Semgallen: Or the Origines Livionae Sacrae et Civilis. (Translated and ed. V. Johann Gottfried Arndt ) Gebauer, Hall in 1747. Digitized and full text in German Text Archive
  • Henry of Latvia: The Liefländischen Chronicle of others part: From Liefland under his masters masters, which the ancient history of the Order and the neighboring peoples erleutert: Sowol with Zuziehung the printed and unprinted writer as fürnemlich from a zalreichen lot of old Documents in the original, beglaubten Copeien borne and other copies together [ ...] ( Translated and ed. v. Johann Gottfried Arndt ) Gebauer, Halle 1753. digitized and full text in German text Archive
  • Henry of Latvia: Livonian Chronicle. A faithful report as Christianity and the German government broke the land of the Livs, Latvians and Estonians web. After manuscripts with multiple adjustment to the usual text translated from the Latin and explained by Eduard Pabst. Gressel, Reval 1867.
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