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Minorite Chronicle Of Buda
The Minorite Chronicle of Buda () is the historiographical name of a continuation of the Urgesta, ancient Hungarian chronicle, it was written around 1334, during the reign of Charles I of Hungary, Charles I. It was the last contribution to the text before the so-called 14th-century chronicle composition and its content can only be reconstructed based on these variants. The text was written by one or more Order of Friars Minor, Franciscan friars, covering the period from 1272 to 1333 (chapters 181–211). In addition to historical records from the last third of the 13th century, the author(s) preserved the Huns, Hunnic story created by Simon of Kéza and ''magister'' Ákos (chronicler), Ákos' interpolations within the older texts containing old myths and legends from the Hungarian prehistory. Among the later redactions, the text of the Minorite Chronicle of Buda (the last stage before the large-scale compilation) was most faithfully preserved in the 15th-century Sambucus Codex. Backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urgesta
The ''Urgesta'', also ''Gesta Ungarorum'', ''Gesta Hungarorum vetera'' or ancient gesta () are the historiographical names of the earliest Hungarian chronicle, which was completed in the second half of the 11th century or in the early 12th century. Its text was expanded and rewritten several times in the 12th–14th centuries, but the chronicle itself was lost since then and its content can only be reconstructed based on 14th-century works, most notably the ''Chronicon Pictum, Illuminated Chronicle''. Compilation, continuations and redactions Date of the first chronicle The ''Urgesta'' can be considered the beginning of Hungarian historiography, but there is no consensus among scholars (historians, linguists etc.) regarding the date and circumstances of its origin. Andrew I (r. 1046–1060) Stephan Endlicher (1827) was the first historian and philologist, who thought that the earliest Hungarian chronicle was written during the reign of Andrew I of Hungary, Andrew I. Literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
