Annales Rodenses
The Annales Rodenses (German: Klosterrather Jahrbücher ) are a medieval chronicle from the Rolduc Abbey (German: Klosterrath ) in the Dutch province of Limburg . Written in Latin , they are an important historical source for dating events in the 12th century. Many places in the wider area up to the Cologne-Bonn area are first mentioned in the Annales Rodenses.
history
The original annals cover the period 1104 to 1157 . They are annual reports that describe the processes within the abbey, but also important national events. The first part (1104–1107) deals mainly with the founding of the abbey by Ailbertus von Antoing and the work of the founder. Furthermore, the coronation and death dates of kings, emperors and popes are noted, many property transfers to the abbey are described in great detail, but disputes within the abbey are also mentioned. The author is unknown. The years 1104 to 1152 were written down around 1160, the continuation was carried out by various scribes until around 1180. At this time (1141 to 1178), Erpo, born in Maastricht , was Abbot of Rolduc.
Around 1690, the canon regular and later abbot Nikolaus Heyendal (1658–1733) made a complete copy of the Annales and later completed the abbey chronicle up to 1700.
The manuscripts are now kept in the Regionaal Historisch Centrum (RHC) in Maastricht.
Translations
In 1968 a facsimile edition of the Annales Rodenses was published with a precise transcription by PC Boeren and GWA Panhuysen.
Based on this edition, Franz Heidbüchel and Hermann Kramer created a German translation in 1990, which was published by the home pages of the Aachen district .
In 1995 a Dutch translation was published.
literature
- Franz Heidbüchel, Hermann Kramer: annales rodenses. In: Heimatblätter of the Aachen district. 45th year, 1990 (German translation of the chronicle, full text by Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren ).
Web links
- Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (Dutch)
- Annales Rodenses (in Dutch and Latin) on kgv.nl
- Annales Rodenses. In: Repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ^ Repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages", Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Annales Rodenses .
- ↑ http://anduin.kgv.nl/wiki/index.php/Erpo (no evidence)