Central European Medieval Texts Series, Volume II
Karoli IV Imperatoris Romanorum
Vita Ab Eo Ipso Conscripta
Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV and his Legend of St Wenceslas
Edited by Balázs Nagy, Department of Medieval
Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Translated by Paul W. Knoll, Department of
History, University of Southern California and
Frank Schaer, Department of Medieval Studies,
Central European University, Budapest
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.
This is the first autobiography to contain both the
Latin narrative sources and a complete English-language
translation.
"...das Konzept der neuen Publikationsreihe besteht
darin, in freier Auswahl mittelalterliche historiographische
Texte des östlichen Mitteleuropa in der Quellensprache
(in der Regel Latein) zusammen mit einer englischen
Übersetzung zu publizieren, wobei der lateinische
Text der Fassung der besten vorliegenden Edition folgt.
Begleitet werden die Ausgaben von ausführlichen
Einleitungen, die den Autor und die Quelle vorstellen,
sowie erläuternden Anmerkungen." - Zeitschrift
für Osteuropa-Forschung
2001
300 pages
ISBN 978-963-9116-32-0 cloth $54.95 / €46.95 /
Ł40.00
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