The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. For 1199 to 1200 the entries are short: Markward of Annweiler's crossing to Sicily, the papal army sent against him, Diepold of Vohburg at Acerra, Walter of Brienne's claim, and the state of Montecassino and the Campagna. Reliable on the papal and Sicilian frontier and dated, but thin for 1200 compared with the 1210s.
About this source
- Title
- Chronica
- Author
- Richard of San Germano
- Author's dates
- notary of San Germano below Montecassino; died about 1244
- Written
- first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243
- Language
- Latin
- Covers
- 1189 to 1243
- Kind
- Chronicle
Garufi's edition prints both versions and is standard; it is not free online.
Where to read it
Editions
- G. H. Pertz (ed.), Ryccardi de Sancto Germano notarii Chronica, MGH Scriptores rerum Germanicarum 53 (Hanover 1864)
- G. H. Pertz (ed.), Ryccardi de Sancto Germano Chronica, MGH Scriptores 19 (Hanover 1866), pp. 321 to 384
- C. A. Garufi (ed.), Ryccardi de Sancto Germano notarii Chronica, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, 2nd series, 7, 2 (Bologna 1936 to 1938); not freely online (not freely online)
Translations
- G. A. Loud (trans.), The Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, in Loud, Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily and other collections; under copyright (not freely online)