Karoli IV Imperatoris Romanorum vita ab eo ipso conscripta ; et, hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre

Titel: Karoli IV Imperatoris Romanorum vita ab eo ipso conscripta ; et, hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre = Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV ; and, his legend of St. Wenceslas / ed. by Balázs Nagy ...
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Veröffentlicht: Budapest ˜[u.a.]œ : Central European Univ. Press, 2001
Umfang: xlvii, 259 S. : Kt.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch; Latein
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Central European medieval texts
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ISBN: 9639116327
Lokale Klassifikation: 2 K 178

One of the few autobiographies to have survived from the Middle Ages, this life history of one of the most influential rulers of the fourteenth century, Charles IV of Bohemia, covers his life from birth until his election as King of Germany in 1346.


Charles IV describes his childhood, spent mainly in the court of French kings, his juvenile years, his marriage and his first steps into the international political scene during the early part of the fourteenth century.


A unique addition to this volume is the first ever English translation of the Legend of Saint Wenceslas, written by Charles IV of Luxemburg.