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COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA BOHEMORUM • COSMAS OF PRAGUE THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL TEXTS VOLUME 10 General Editors PATRICK GEARY GERHARD JARITZ GÁBOR KLANICZAY PAVLÍNA RYCHTEROVÁ Series Editor FRANK SCHAER COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA BOHEMORUM • COSMAS OF PRAGUE THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS Edited by János M. Bak and Pavlína Rychterová Translated by Petra Mutlová and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Švanda Introduced and annotated by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude Central European University Press Budapest – New York Published in 2020 by Central European University Press Nádor utca 9, H 1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel.: +36-1-327-3138 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ceupress.com English translation © 2020 by Petra Mutlová, Martyn Rady and Libor Švanda Photo of János M. Bak (p. vii): Zsolt Hunyadi All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 978-963-386-300-8 (hardback) ISBN 978-963-386-299-5 (ebook) ISSN 1419-7782 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?–1125, author. | Bak, Janos M., editor. | Rychterova, Pavlina, editor. | Mutlova, Petra, translator. | Rady, Martyn C., translator. | Svanda, Libor, translator. | Hasil, Jan. | Rensvoude, Irene (Irene van) | Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?–1125. Chronica Boemorum. English. Title: Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Bohemorum ; Cosmas of Prague, the chronicle of the Czechs / edited by Janos M. Bak and Pavlina Rychterova ; translated by Petra Mutlova and Martyn Rady with the cooperation of Libor Vanda ; introduced and annotated by Jan Hasil with the cooperation of Irene van Rensvoude. Other titles: Chronica Boemorum. | Cosmas of Prague, the chronicle of the Czechs | Chronicle of the Czechs Description: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2020. | Series: Central European Medieval texts ; volume 10 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018050338 (print) | LCCN 2018058063 (ebook) | ISBN 9789633862995 (pdf) | ISBN 9789633863008 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Bohemia (Czech Republic)—History—To 1526. Classification: LCC DB2081 (ebook) | LCC DB2081 .C67 2020 (print) | DDC 943.71/02--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018050338 In memoriam Dušan Třeštík 1933–2007 János M. Bak, founding member and Professor Emeritus of the CEU Department of Medieval Studies and founder of the bilingual source edition series, Central European Medieval Texts, the co-editor of this volume, passed away on 18 June, 2020 at the age of 91, a week before the book was printed. Until the last moment of his life, he was a devoted scholar, an authoritative and caring teacher, and an indefatigable spiritual father of scholarly solidarity and of our joint endeavor directed at the advancement of learning and broadening of the “Republic of Letters.” ונלוכל הכרב ורכז יהי “May his memory be a blessing for us all.” CONTENTS General Editors’ Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX Abbreviations ................................................... XI List of Illustrations ......................................... XIII Introduction ........................................... XV COSMAE PRAGENSIS CHRONICA BOHEMORUM .... 2 COSMAS OF PRAGUE, THE CHRONICLE OF THE CZECHS .............................................. 3 APPENDIX: The Foundation of the Monastery of Sázava ......................................................... 429 Bibliography ..................................................... 455 Index of Personal Names ....................................... 478 Index of Geographical Names .................................. 489 Index of Quotations ............................................ 492 Illustrations ...................................................... 500
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