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Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV and his Legend of St Wenceslas

Book information

Publisher
Central European University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9789633865569
DOI
10.1515/9789633865569
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9290049 bytes)
Series
Central European Medieval Texts; 2
Pages
312\311
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-23 06:18:07

Description

One of the few autobiographies to have survived from the Middle Ages, this life history of one of the most influential rulers of the fourteenth century, Charles IV of Bohemia, covers his life from birth until his election as King of Germany in 1346. Charles IV describes his childhood, spent mainly in the court of French kings, his juvenile years, his marriage and his first steps into the international political scene during the early part of the fourteenth century. A unique addition to this volume is the first ever English translation of the Legend of Saint Wenceslas, written by Charles IV of Luxemburg. This is the first autobiography to contain both the Latin narrative sources and a complete English-language translation.

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