Johann von Posilge

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Johann von (der) Posilge (* around 1340 ; † June 14, 1405 (probably)) was a Prussian chronicler of the Middle Ages .

The handwriting Ms. Boruss. 2 ° 241 of the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin introduces the text with the remark that from Johannes, officialis of Resinburg, the chronicles were written to Latino, and they were changed then yn the German ande previously described still syme tode . The identity of this author is unclear. The controversial chronicler Simon Grunau and all other early modern sources use the name Johann Lindenblatt, which was rejected by Johannes Voigt in 1827 for reasons critical of the source. While the editor Ernst Strehlke and the research before 1990 generally accepted Johann von Posilge as the author and assumed several followers, Jarosław Wenta brought Johann von Reddin into play as the author. Ralf G. Päsler contradicted this. Among the officials of the Pomesan bishop there are two bearers of the name Johannes: Johann von Posilge and his successor Johann von Reddin . Johann von Posilge died in 1405; Johann von Reddin officiated from 1411-1420 (according to other sources 1430) as an official.

It is assumed that Johann von Posilge did not immigrate from the Reich territory, but was an Old Prussian and came from Posilge , a West Prussian village east of Marienburg near Christburg . As official of the Bishop of Pomesania in Riesenburg , he is first documented on February 4, 1376; he also officiated as pastor in Deutsch Eylau , later in Ladekopp . He acted as an arbitrator in a process between the Order and the Diocese of Warmia .

Posilge's timely chronicle of the Teutonic Order begins with the year 1360 and ends at the beginning of the 15th century. It must have been continued by another hand after the death of Johann von Posilge, as entries can be found up to the year 1419. The work, originally written in Latin, but only preserved in German, contains cultural, domestic and foreign policy details, especially on the “Great War” between the Teutonic Order and Lithuania / Poland . The chronicle is one of the most valuable German-language chronicles of the order country and is considered an early example of a country chronicle. Detmar von Lübeck, the so-called Annalista Thorunensis and the chronicles of the orders of Peter von Dusburg and Nikolaus von Jeroschin served as sources .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karin Friedrich (historian) : The Other Prussia [1]

literature

  • Johannes Voigt , Friedrich Wilhelm Schubert (Hrsg.): Yearbooks Johannes Lindenblatts or Chronik Johannes von der Pusilie. University bookstore, Königsberg 1823 ( e-copy )
  • Johann von Posilge: Chronicle of the State of Prussia. In: Scriptores rerum prussicarum. Edited by Theodor Hirsch, Ernst Strehlke. Volume 3. Leipzig 1866. p. 267.
  • Erich Maschke: The older historiography of the Prussian country. In: Scriptores rerum Prussicarum. 6, 1968, pp. 174-175.
  • Karl Lohmeyer :  Johann von Posilge . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 458 f.
  • Kurt Forstreuter :  Johann von Posilge. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 566 ( digitized version ).
  • Udo Arnold: Johann von Posilge. In: Author's Lexicon. (see note 12), Volume 4. 1983, Col. 710 f.
  • Jarosław Wenta: On the authorship of the so-called Chronicle of John of Posilge. In: Prussia. 28, 1990, pp. 1-9.
  • Ralf G. Päsler: German-language non-fiction literature in Prussia until 1500. Investigations into its transmission (= from archives, libraries and museums in Central and Eastern Europe. 2). Cologne 2003, pp. 284-290.

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SURNAME Johann von Posilge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian chronicler of the Middle Ages
DATE OF BIRTH around 1340
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: June 14, 1405