Münster bishop chronicles

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Münster's bishop chronicles are the names of a number of late medieval and early modern historical works from the diocese of Münster .

The earliest chronicle of bishops for Münster is that of the late medieval Münster bishop Florence von Wevelinghoven (1364–1379). Florence, born as the youngest of three sons in the then reign of Wevelinghoven an der Erft , had the Latin chronicle , as he writes in the preface, made as Bishop of Münster. It must therefore have been made before he was transferred to Utrecht in 1379, even if the surviving copies from the 17th century and later - the original is missing - leave us in the dark about the end of the chronicle. The historiographical text is a catalog of bishops presenting the life of the bishops of Münster in "biographies". At the end of each of these “biographies” (mostly) two verses about the respective prelate are added. The sources from which the chronicle was drawn can usually hardly be traced. The chronological order of the historical events is still incorrect until the 14th century and is supplemented by miracle stories and sagas. This also applies to the "biography" of the first Bishop Liudger († 809 ), in which much of the Vita Liudgeri was taken over by Bishop Altfried . The Chronicle of Florence by Wevelinghoven was then continued until 1424. A Low German chronicle is a revision of this episcopal history, which also took into account the continuation until 1424.

Melchior Röchell († December 7, 1606 ) was cathedral choirmaster in Münster and wrote an extensive Münster chronicle in German - the folio volume contains 681 numbered sheets of paper - which he worked on independently from 1553. Röchell supplemented the older, medieval traditions. From Melchior Röchell z. B. the goose legend of St. Liudger was transplanted from the Erft to the Münsterland .

The chronicler Lambert Friedrich Corfey (* October 11, 1668, † February 18, 1733) was "Curkölnischer and Princely Münsterischer General-Major, chief and commander of the artillery" as well as an engineer, u. a. during the siege and conquest of Belgrade (1688), and leader of the work on the construction of the Max-Clemens Canal near Münster (1724). After his death, he was buried in the Dominican Church in Münster, which he built. Corfey wrote the "Chronicon Monasteriense" during his time in Münster, completely: "Chronicon Monasteriense with many chronological annotationibus, coats of arms, genealogies, münzen, elogiis, epitaphiis etc. with strange diligence from many authoribus and manuscriptis colligirt by LFC"

literature

  • Michael Buhlmann: Liudger in the Munster Chronicles of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. In: Rudolf Ludger Schütz (Ed.): I proclaim Christ to you. St. Liudger, witness of faith. Apostle of the Frisians and Saxons. 742-809. Communitas Sancti Lutgeri, Essen-Werden 2002, ISBN 3-87709-346-9 , pp. 76-100.
  • Julius von Ficker (Hrsg.): The Münster Chronicles of the Middle Ages (= The historical sources of the Münster diocese. Vol. 1, ZDB -ID 517684-0 ). Theissing, Münster 1851, ( digitized version ).
  • Johannes Janssen (Hrsg.): The Münster Chronicles by Röchell, Stevermann and Corfey (= the historical sources of the diocese of Münster. Vol. 3). Theissing, Münster 1856, ( digitized version ).