Henry of Latvia
Heinrich of Latvia , also of Livonia or Henricus de Lettis (* around 1187 near Magdeburg , † after 1259 ) was a German chronicler .
Life
He was born in the Magdeburg area and served Bishop Albert von Buxthoeven as a child . Heinrich received his training at Segeberg Monastery in Holstein . In 1205 he went to Riga and from then on worked as a missionary in Livonia . There he was in 1208 by Bishop Albert for ordained priests . He was enfeoffed with the parish on the Ymera (Papendorf, Latvian Rubene , 12 km north of Wenden ). Heinrich is an eyewitness to the battles of German missionaries with Estonians, Kurds, Semgallians, Russians and Danes.
Henry of Latvia wrote the "Chronicon Livoniae" ( Heinrichs Livonia Chronicle ) between 1225 and 1227 , which describes the Christianization (1180–1227) of the Latvians , Livs and Estonians and is an outstanding source for the Baltic region in the Middle Ages.
expenditure
- Old Liefländische Chronik, which contains the history of the three first bishops [= Heinrich von Lettlands Chronik]. In: The Liefland Chronicle, First Part of Liefland under its first bishops, which explains the ancient history of the Russians, Germans, Swedes, Danes, Esthens, Livs, Latvians, Litthauer, Curen and Semgallians. Or the Origines Livionæ Sacræ et Civilis, […] accompanied with short notes and translated into German by Johann Gottfried Arndt . Gebauer, Halle 1747 ( digitized and full text in the German text archive ).
- Heinrich's von Lettland Livonian Chronicle, a faithful account of how Christianity and German rule broke ground in the land of the Livs, Latvians and Estonians. Based on manuscripts with multiple corrections of the usual text, translated from Latin and explained by Eduard Pabst . Gressel, Reval 1867 ( digitized from Google Books).
- Leonid Arbusow and Albert Bauer (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 31: Heinrichs Livländische Chronik (Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae). Hanover 1955 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : HEINRICH of Latvia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 682-683.
- Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 555-558 .
- Hermann Hildebrand: The Chronicle of Heinrichs von Latvia . Master's thesis, Dorpat 1867 ( digitized version )
- Hermann Hildebrand: Heinrich of Latvia . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 637-639.
- Paul Johansen: Heinrich of Latvia. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 413 ( digitized version ).
- May Redlich: Lexicon of German Baltic Literature. A bibliography. Published by the Georg Dehio Society. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik Berend von Nottbeck, Cologne 1989. ISBN 3-8046-8717-2 , entry p. 136
- Coja S .: The question of the origin of the chronicler Henrich von Latvia in Russian historiography . In: Research on Baltic history , in Tartu (Publisher: Akadeemiline ajalooselts), Vol. 9, 2014. pp. 11–24. http://www.balt-hiko.de/publikationen/forschungen-zur-baltischen-geschichte/bd-9-2014/
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinrich von Lettland in the catalog of the German National Library
- Henricus Lettus in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Latin extracts
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Heinrich von Lettland. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Redlich, p. 136, 3. Zvo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henry of Latvia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henry of Livonia; Henricus de Lettis; Henricus Lettus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chronicler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1259 |