Petermann Etterlin

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Title page of the chronicle
Oldest view of the city of Lucerne from the Chronicle, 1507

Petermann Etterlin (* ca. 1430 / 40 , † ca. 1509 ) was a Swiss chronicler .

The son of Lucerne town clerk Egloff Etterlin took part in military campaigns in the 1460s and 1470s (especially in the context of the Burgundian Wars ). Later he owned a wine tavern, among other things. After 1476 he held various offices in Lucerne, among others he was assistant clerk in 1492, bread shiver in 1493 , and from 1495 court clerk.

In the years 1505–1507 he wrote a chronicle, which in 1507, illustrated with woodcuts, was printed as the first chronicle of the Swiss Confederation in Basel . It remained the only comprehensive chronicle of the Swiss Confederation until 1548, the year Johannes Stumpf's chronicle was published.

Kronika (editions)

  • Kronica from the laudable Eydtgnoschaft Jr come and have strange arguments and stories . Basel, 1507. Digitized
  • Kronica from the laudable Eydtgnoschaft, jr Harkommen and strange quarrels and stories . Basel, 1752, doi : 10.3931 / e-rara-24986
  • Johann Jakob Sprengen (ed.): Kronica. Now, because of its rarity, published for the second time, cleaned of innumerable errors and continuously improved and clarified with short marginal glosses . Basel, 1764. Digitized
  • Eugen Gruber (ed.): Kronica . In: Source work on the emergence of the Swiss Confederation , Section III, Vol. 3. Aarau, 1965. Digitized

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SURNAME Etterlin, Petermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Etterlin, Peterman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: between 1430 and 1440
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 1509