The Imperial Chronicle ( German Kaiserchronik ) is a German poem (18578 verses), composed by about 1150 by one Regensburg clergyman, probably the priest Conrad , the author of the song about Roland .
Its content is the poetic history of Roman kings and emperors (including the latter and German-Roman ones, before Conrad III ), intertwined with many insertion episodes and legends, often randomly timed to the name of an emperor. Her main idea is that the German-Christian empire is the completion of the world-historical task of Rome .
The author gives aristocratic views and stigmatizes the arrogant peasantry. The main sources for him were Chronicon Wirzeburgense, the world-wide chronicle of Ekkehard from Aura , the song of Anno (I, 815) and his own observations. It is believed that the author of the Imperial Chronicle had before him another, more ancient poetic chronicle, which he corrected and supplemented. The imperial chronicle in the Middle Ages was widespread, processed and continued.
Sources
- The Imperial Chronicle // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.