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The Annals of Quedlinburg became an important research source; during the 12th century they were used by at least five contemporary historians. Felice Lifshitz asserts that the Annals of Quedlinburg played a key role in shaping the ways in which influential Germans of the 19th and 20th centuries saw their medieval past. [3]
Jul 11, 2017 · The Quedlinburg Annals, a chronicle of world history created at the imperial Saxon convent of Quedlinburg, is one of the most important contemporary historiographical works we have for Ottonian Empire. The Annals track the history of the world from creation, recording the spread and triumph of the Christian faith.
Oct 10, 2018 · Q. 133, Nr. 4, fol. 16r-v. October 10, 2018 | Max Diesenberger | HI Research Blog |. Creating the past meant actively ‘forgetting’ the deeds of earlier generations, talking their cultural heritage often down, identifying turning points in the history of the realm or of a people, and re-arranging events in order to create a new narrative.
Nov 10, 2022 · Relatively few surviving works from the Middle Ages were written by women. One of them is a monastic chronicle known as the Annals of Quedlinburg, created in the early eleventh century. A look into this work reveals some interesting insights into the writer and her abbey.
Jun 1, 2013 · There is a litany of details concerning Quedlinburg's papal privileges, imperial donations, and relic acquisitions, about the foundation and consecration of new communities subject to Quedlinburg, and about the building history of Quedlinburg's own complex.
- Felice Lifshitz
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May 8, 2019 · The Annals of Quedlinburg begins with a world chronicle from the time of Adam until the 3rd Council of Constantinople in 680-681 AD. This part of the annals is said to be based on the chronicles of other Christian writers , including St. Jerome, St. Isidore of Seville, and St. Bede.
Abstract This essay examines the memorial practices at the tenth-century Saxon community of canonesses at St. Servatius, Quedlinburg, to consider what is gained and what lost in the remembrance of key figures of the Ottonian dynasty. A memorial foun-dation established ... See Full PDF. Download PDF.
