1st Edition
Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV and his Legend of St Wenceslas
By Balázs Nagy
Copyright 2001
312 Pages
by
Central European University Press
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... Read more
General Editors' Preface, Abbreviations, List of Genealogical Tables and Maps, Ferdinand Seibt: Introduction, Editors' Introduction to the Autobiography Karoli IV imperatoris Romanorum [Vita ab eo ipso conscripta]Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV Editors' Introduction to the Legend Karoli IV imperatoris Romanorum [Hystoria nova de sancto Wenceslao martyre] Emperor Charles IV [Legend of St. Wenceslas], Bibliography, Gazetteer of Geographical Names, Genealogical Tables, Index of Proper Names, Index of Geographical Names, Maps.
Biography
Balázs Nagy is Associate Professor at the Department of Medieval Studies of CEU, and at the Department of Medieval and Early Modern European History of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. A founding member of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network (MECERN).
