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Karoli IV Imperatoris Romanorum vita ab eo ipso conscripta; et, Hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre = Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV; and, His Legend of St. Wenceslas / edited by Balázs Nagy and Frank Schaer.
LIBRA DD165 .C43 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378.
- Series:
- Central European medieval texts
- Standardized Title:
- Vita Caroli. English & Latin
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378.
- Charles.
- Christian saints.
- Holy Roman Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Holy Roman Empire.
- Holy Roman Empire--History--Charles IV, 1347-1378.
- Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, approximately 907-929.
- Wenceslas.
- Christian saints--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Biography.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Bohemia (Czech Republic).
- Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--To 1526.
- Czech Republic--Bohemia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 259 pages : maps. ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV; and, His Legend of St. Wenceslas
- Karoli IV Imperatoris Romanorum vita ab eo ipso conscripta; et, Hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre
- Legend of St. Wenceslas
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Central European University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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. He 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.
- This is the first edition to contain both the Latin sources and a complete English-language translation. A unique addition is the first ever English translation of the Legend of Saint Wenceslas, written by Charles IV.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378. Hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre. English & Latin
- Hystoria nova de Sancto Wenceslao Martyre.
- ISBN:
- 9639116327
- OCLC:
- 155629560
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