Poznan Annals
The Posener Annalen (older edition, Latin Annales Posnanienses I ) are records of the history of the diocese of Posen from the 14th century. They are among the most important medieval chronicles in Polish history .
The annals contain news for the years 929 to 1079, 1279 to 1288 and 1339 to 1341. Their author is unknown, but he probably came from the Poznan cathedral monastery.
The annals contain some information not mentioned in other chronicles.
Oldest news
- 960 Mieszko is baptized
- 965 Dobrawa becomes Mieszko's wife
- 967 Bolesław I. is born
- 968 Jordanes is ordained first bishop
- 973 Adalbert comes to Poland
- 977 Dobrawa dies
expenditure
- Annales Posnaniensis , in: Max Perlbach (ed.): Ex Rerum Polonicarum Scriptoribus Saec. XII. Et XIII , Societas Aperiendis Fontibus Rerum Germanicarum Medii Aevi, Hanover 1892, Monumenta Germaniae Historica , Vol. XXIX, pp. 469-470 online (Latin)
- Rocznik poznański I (starszy) 928-1341 , in: Gerard Labuda (ed.): Roczniki wielkopolskie , Warszawa, 1962 (Monumenta Poloniae Historica, seria II, Tom VI), pp. 127-134 (Latin, Polish)
literature
- Tomasz Jasiński: Rocznik poznański. Ze studiów nad annalistyką Polską i Czeská , in: A. Bartoszewicz (red.): Aetas media, aetas moderna: studia ofiarowane profesorowi Henrykowi Samsonowiczowi w siedemdziesiątą rocznicę urodzin , Warszawa 2000, pp 664-667 online