Arnold von Lübeck
Arnold von Lübeck (* probably around 1150; † June 27, 1211 or 1214 ) was a medieval chronicler . Arnold von Lübeck said he grew up at the Welfenhof. He received school education as a monk in the Aegidienkloster in Braunschweig , the home monastery of the Welfs . From 1177 he was abbot of the Johanniskloster in Lübeck .
Works (selection)
The chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck
Arnold was the author of the Chronica Slavorum , which he finished around 1210. The chronicle extends from 1171 to 1209, he himself called it a continuation of the Chronica Slavorum of the same name by Helmolds von Bosau († around 1177), which he continued into his present. The main focus is on the story of Henry the Lion and his sons, i.e. the Guelph family, and ends with Emperor Otto IV. Earlier research assumed a strongly pro-Guelph stance from Arnold. However, recent studies show that notes critical of the Guelph can also be found in the chronicle. Detailed descriptions are given to the contemporary crusades .
Gregorius
Another work by Arnold is a translation by Gregorius . On behalf of Wilhelm von Lüneburg , a son of Heinrich the Lion, he translated Gregorius des Hartmann von Aue into Latin. He proceeded according to the principle nec verbo verbum verbum secundum poetam curabo reddere fidus / interpres, / sed hystoriam sequens, quod ex relacione veridica intellexi, ad edificacionem auditorum propalabo / et res si qua mihi mistica corde datur. (Prefacio Z. 9-13) That means that he does not want to translate word for word, but rather report what he believes to be the truth. Researchers today disagree on the reason for the assignment, probably neither is Arnold's rather topical assumption that Wilhelm instructed him to translate the exercise , nor is the often read research opinion that Lüneburg did not understand Middle High German.
Arnold himself expresses his displeasure with the work several times and declares that he is not used to reading it (Prefacio, line 6). By this he means less the High German language than the lay theological views of the court poet, which he then changes very strongly.
literature
expenditure
- Arnoldi chronica Slavorum. Ex recensione IM Lappenbergii . In usum scholarum ex Monumentis Germaniae Historicis recudi fecit Georgius Heinricus Pertz . Hahn, Hanover 1868, ( digitized version ).
- The chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck (= The historians of the German prehistoric times. XIII. Century. Vol. 3, ZDB -ID 1402464-0 ). Translated from the edition of the Monumenta Germaniae by Johann CM Laurent . With a foreword by JM Lappenberg . Wilhelm Besser's Buchhandlung (Franz Duncker), Berlin 1853, ( digitized ).
- Gustav von Buchwald : Arnoldi Lubecensis Gregorius peccator de Teutonico Hartmanni de Aue in Latinum translatus. Kiel: E. Homann 1886
- Johannes Schilling: Gesta Gregorii peccatoris (= Palaestra. Vol. 280). Investigations and Edition. 2 volumes. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986, ISBN 3-525-20553-8 (also: Göttingen, University, dissertation, 1980/1981; digitized version ).
Secondary literature
- Stephan friend , Bernd Schütte (ed.): The chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck. New ways of understanding them (= Jena Contributions to History. Vol. 10). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-57417-1 .
- Hans-Joachim Freytag: Arnold von Lübeck. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 381 ( digitized version ).
- Anna-Therese Grabkowsky: Abbot Arnold von Lübeck. In: Silke Urbanski , Christian Lamschus, Jürgen Ellermeyer (ed.): Law and everyday life in the Hanseatic region. Festschrift for Gerhard Theuerkauf on his 60th birthday (= De Sulte. No. 4). German Salt Museum , Lüneburg 1993, ISBN 3-925476-03-2 , pp. 207-231.
- Bernd Ulrich Hucker : The chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck as "Historia Regum". In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages . Vol. 44, 1988, pp. 98-119, ( online ).
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 53 .
- Jens-Peter Schröder: Arnolds von Lübeck "Gesta Gregorii Peccatoris". An interpretation based on a comparison with Hartmann's von Aue “Gregorius” (= Hamburg Contributions to German Studies. Vol. 23). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1997, ISBN 3-631-31637-2 (also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 1995/1996).
- Volker Scior: The own and the foreign. Identity and foreignness in the chronicles of Adam von Bremen, Helmolds von Bosau and Arnold von Lübeck (= Orbis mediaevalis. Vol. 4). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003746-6 (At the same time: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 2002; review ).
- Wilhelm Wattenbach : Arnold von Lübeck . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 582 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Arnold von Lübeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Arnold von Lübeck in the German Digital Library
- Publications on Arnold von Lübeck in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Arnoldus Lubecensis in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold became abbot of the monastery in 1177. According to canon law, a minimum age of 25 years was required to take on this office. Cf. Stephan Panzer: The Chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck - Representation intention and addressees. In: Stephan Freund, Bernd Schütte (Ed.): The Chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck. New ways to understand them. 2008, pp. 45–72, here p. 51 (note 19).
- ↑ On the current research opinions: Stephan Freund, Bernd Schütte (Ed.): The Chronicle of Arnold von Lübeck. New ways to understand them. 2008.
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SURNAME | Arnold von Lübeck |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arnoldus Lubecensis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chronicler and author of the Chronica Slavorum |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1211 or 1214 |