Ebook: Handbuch Chroniken des Mittelalters

Extensive chronicles have been handed down from the Middle Ages, preserving and interpreting stories of the past and present in literary form. Their sheer numbers pose a challenge to researchers. This handbook systematically presents the most important medieval chronicles in terms of their conception and function. It offers the reader initial access to these unjustly neglected texts.

• Provides a systematic introduction to medieval chronicles
• Divided into useful handbook articles about the most important vernacular chronicles
• Covers the European tradition from late antiquity to 1600