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The Annals of Quedlinburg (Latin: Annales Quedlinburgenses; German: Quedlinburger Annalen) were written between 1008 and 1030 in the convent of Quedlinburg Abbey. In recent years a consensus has emerged that it is likely that the annalist was a woman.
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.
Jun 1, 2013 · The Annals of Quedlinburg is an extraordinarily important source for German and above all Saxon history, not only during the tenth and eleventh centuries, but also of subsequent periods. During the twelfth century, for instance, the Annals of Quedlinburg was cited and utilized by at least five contemporary historians.
- Felice Lifshitz
- 2006
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.
Oct 10, 2018 · The Annals of Quedlinburg (Dresden, Sächs. Landesbibl., Misc. Q 133/4) have a gap between 873 and 910. This is in no way due to some kind of lack of knowledge, but rather the concern to make allowance for the beginning of a new power in the East Frankish Kingdom.
The Annals are primarily devoted to the history of the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottonian Dynasty, as well as events at Quedlinburg itself. They are also one of the sources for the martyrdom of St. Bruno of Querfurt in 1009. In this story, the Annals provide the earliest mention of the name of Lithuania (Litua).
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.
