The two Thuringian chronicles. Reinhardsbrunn, the landgraves' own abbey, follows Landgrave Hermann I, who in 1200 stood with Philip, and the Thuringian nobility; its 1200 matter is preserved through a later compilation. The Erfurt chronicle, close to the archbishops of Mainz, notes the death of Archbishop Conrad of Wittelsbach on 25 October 1200 and the rival elections of Siegfried of Eppstein and Lupold of Worms that followed, as well as Philip's and Otto's movements through Thuringia and Saxony.
About this source
- Title
- Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis; Cronica S. Petri Erfordensis moderna
- Author
- Anonymous
- Author's dates
- monks of Reinhardsbrunn (14th-century compilation from 12th and 13th-century annals) and of St Peter's, Erfurt (13th century)
- Written
- Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals
- Language
- Latin
- Covers
- Reinhardsbrunn to 1338; Erfurt 1072 to 1335
- Kind
- Chronicle
The Reinhardsbrunn chronicle is a 14th-century compilation and its 12th and 13th-century entries must be used with care. No translations located.
Where to read it
Editions
- O. Holder-Egger (ed.), Cronica Reinhardsbrunnensis, MGH Scriptores 30, 1 (Hanover 1896), pp. 490 to 656
- O. Holder-Egger (ed.), Monumenta Erphesfurtensia saec. XII, XIII, XIV, MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum 42 (Hanover 1899), containing the Cronica S. Petri Erfordensis moderna