The Chronicle of the Czechs

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Wolverton is associate professor of history at the University of Oregon! coauthor of Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet! and author of Hastening toward Prague: Power and Society in the Medieval Czech Lands. Klappentext The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague (d. 1125) is a masterwork of medieval historical writing! deeply erudite! consciously researched! and narrated in high rhetorical style. Regarded as the foundational narrative of Czech history! it is the source of the oldest stories about the land! people! and rulers of Bohemia and Moravia. Lisa Wolverton provides the first annotated English translation of this eminently enjoyable and teachable work. Zusammenfassung Describes the earliest people to arrive in Bohemia! the first rulers and the origins of the Premyslid dynasty! the founding of Prague! and the early phases of Christianization. This title covers the period from 1037 to 1092! the age of Duke Bretislav I and his five contentious sons. It provides the oldest history of a Slavic people.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cosmas of Prague, Lisa (TRN) Cosmas of Prague/ Wolverton, Cosmas of Prauge
• Mitarbeit: Lisa Wolverton (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Catholic univ of america press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.03.2009
• EAN: 9780813215709
• ISBN: 978-0-8132-1570-9
• Seiten: 288
• Serien: Medieval Texts in Translation; Medieval Texts in Translation
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika