Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Cosmas of Prague, the chronicle of the Czechs
Chronicle of the Czechs
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| Other uniform titles: | Bak, János M.,
Rychterová, Pavlína,
Mutlová, Petra,
Rady, Martyn C.,
Švanda, Libor,
Hasil, Jan
Renswoude, Irene van.
Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125. Chronica Boemorum. English.
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| ISBN: | 963386299X
9789633862995
9789633863008
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Text in English and Latin. Includes English translation of Latin text.
Description based on online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on October 13, 2020).
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| Summary: | "The Latin-English bilingual volume presents the text of The Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague. Cosmas was born around 1045, educated in Liège, upon his return to Bohemia, he got married as well as became a priest. In 1086 he was appointed prebendary, a senior member of clergy in Prague. He completed the first book of the Chronicle in 1119, starting with the creation of the world and the earliest deeds of the Czechs up to Saint Adalbert. In the second and third books Cosmas presents the preceding century in the history of Bohemia, and succeeds in reporting about events up to 1125, the year when he died"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?-1125. Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum ; Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2019 9789633863008
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