The chronicle of the Czechs /

The chronicle of the Czechs /

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Author / Creator:Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125.
Uniform title:Chronica Boemorum. English
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2009]
©2009
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Series:Medieval texts in translation
Medieval texts in translation.
Subject:
Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- History -- To 1526.
Czech Republic -- Bohemia.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209643
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Other authors / contributors:Wolverton, Lisa.
ISBN:9780813217130
081321713X
9780813215709
0813215706
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:"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 work." "Preeminently concerned with rulers and political life, the chronicle is striking for its narrative brilliance, vivid characters and scenes, dramatic dialogues, evocative soliloquies, and deep classical and Biblical erudition. In composing it, Cosmas sought to define the Czechs as a nation through history, compel them to think about their political culture, and urge reform, justice, and responsibility."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125. Chronica Boemorum. English. Chronicle of the Czechs 9780813215709

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