Cosmas of Prague: The Chronicle of the Czechs - Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum

565 Pages·2019·4.259 MB·English

by  Janos M. Bak (editor)

COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA
BOHEMORUM
•
COSMAS OF PRAGUE
THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS
CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL TEXTS
VOLUME 10
General Editors
PATRICK GEARY
GERHARD JARITZ
GÁBOR KLANICZAY
PAVLÍNA RYCHTEROVÁ
Series Editor
FRANK SCHAER
COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA
BOHEMORUM
•
COSMAS OF PRAGUE
THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS
Edited by
János M. Bak and Pavlína Rychterová
Translated by
Petra Mutlová and Martyn Rady
with the cooperation of Libor Švanda
Introduced and annotated by
Jan Hasil
with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude
Central European University Press
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Published in 2020 by
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ISBN 978-963-386-300-8 (hardback)
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ISSN 1419-7782
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?–1125, author. | Bak, Janos M., editor. | Rychterova,
Pavlina, editor. | Mutlova, Petra, translator. | Rady, Martyn C., translator. | Svanda,
Libor, translator. | Hasil, Jan. | Rensvoude, Irene (Irene van) | Cosmas, of Prague,
1045?–1125. Chronica Boemorum. English.
Title: Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum ; Cosmas of Prague, the chronicle of
the Czechs / edited by Janos M. Bak and Pavlina Rychterova ; translated by Petra
Mutlova and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Vanda ; introduced and
annotated by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude.
Other titles: Chronica Boemorum. | Cosmas of Prague, the chronicle of the Czechs |
Chronicle of the Czechs
Description: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2020. | Series:
Central European Medieval texts ; volume 10 | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018050338 (print) | LCCN 2018058063 (ebook) | ISBN
9789633862995 (pdf) | ISBN 9789633863008 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Bohemia (Czech Republic)—History—To 1526.
Classification: LCC DB2081 (ebook) | LCC DB2081 .C67 2020 (print) | DDC
943.71/02--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050338
In memoriam Dušan Třeštík 1933–2007

János M. Bak,
founding member and Professor Emeritus of the CEU
Department of Medieval Studies and founder of the
bilingual source edition series, Central European Medieval
Texts, the co-editor of this volume, passed away on 18 June,
2020 at the age of 91, a week before the book was printed.
Until the last moment of his life, he was a devoted scholar,
an authoritative and caring teacher, and an indefatigable
spiritual father of scholarly solidarity and of our joint
endeavor directed at the advancement of learning and
broadening of the “Republic of Letters.”
ונלוכל הכרב ורכז יהי
“May his memory be a blessing for us all.”

CONTENTS
General Editors’ Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX
Abbreviations ................................................... XI
List of Illustrations ......................................... XIII
Introduction ........................................... XV
COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA BOHEMORUM .... 2
COSMAS OF PRAGUE, THE CHRONICLE
OF THE CZECHS .............................................. 3
APPENDIX: The Foundation of the Monastery
of Sázava ......................................................... 429
Bibliography ..................................................... 455
Index of Personal Names ....................................... 478
Index of Geographical Names .................................. 489
Index of Quotations ............................................ 492
Illustrations ...................................................... 500