Chronica Slavorum Explained

Chronica Slavorum, original title: Chronica Sclavorum
Alternative Title(S):	Chronicle of the Slavs
Language:	Latin
Date:	1168–1169
Genre:	History
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The Chronica Sclavorum or Chronicle of the Slavs is a medieval chronicle which recounts the pre-Christian culture and religion of the Polabian Slavs, written by Helmold (– after 1177), a Saxon priest and historian. It describes events related to northwest Slavic tribes known as the Wends up to 1171.^[1]

History

It is a continuation of Adam of Bremen's Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church and was in turn continued by Arnold of Lübeck's Chronica Slavorum.

See also

• De Administrando Imperio, 10th-century Byzantine work which also accounts of neighbouring nations
• Primary Chronicle, 12th-century Slavic work about the Kievan Rus'

Notes and References

1. Helmold: Chronica Slavorum. Neu übertragen und erläutert von Heinz Stoob. In: Ausgewählte Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte des Mittelalters. Wiss. Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1963, 2. Auflage 1973.