Autobiography of emperor charles iv holy roman
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Warfare in Italy, from the Autobiography of Emperor Charles IV
The &#;Autobiography&#; of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (), is a rare example of a personal memoir by a medieval ruler. Written after , the narrative covers the events from Charles&#;s youth until his election as King of the Romans in The section below, chapters five and six of the autobiography, deal with his participation in his father John of Luxemburg&#;s Italian campaigns in and The account tries to justify the failure of this campaign, which after three years of battles and plots, ended with Charles and his father having to withdraw. The section here begins after Charles learns that an alliance against him and his father, made up of the cities of Florence, Milan, Mantua, Verona and the king of Naples. This was followed by the Milanese capture of Bergamo and a rebellion by the citizens of Pavia against Charles.
CHAPTER 5
The aforementioned plotters, namely the governors of Milan, Verona, Ferrara, and Mantua, sent a powerful army against our city of Modena, and they stood before it for six weeks. When these six weeks had elapsed, during which they laid waste to the dioceses and counties of Modena and Reggio, they retired and sent their forces and army against the fortress of San helices in the diocese
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The Vita Caroli Quarti of Charles IV ( – ) is one of the earliest royal autobiographies written. A new edition with a German translation is recently published as part of the year anniversary of his birth.
Die Autobiographie Karls IV. Vita Caroli Quarti.
Einführung, ûbersetzung und Kommentar von Eugen Hillenbrand. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang F. Stammler.
In: Bibliothek Historischer Denkwürdigkeiten.
Alcorde Verlag
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In Charles IV of Bohemia fell seriously ill with an inflammation in the central nerve system causing widespread paralysis. It is generally believed that he spent his time in bed dictating a biography of his first 34 years. Although posing a number of challenges for the modern reader, it is a unique work detailing – at least partly – the mentality and worldview of a highly accomplished medieval ruler (he later went on to be crowned king of Germany, Lombardy and Burgundy as well as Holy Roman Emperor.)
Written in Latin, it is preserved in twelve manuscripts. Already in the later Middle Ages it was translated into Czech and German and In it was printed for the first time. Since it has been published and edited four times together with modern translations into Czech, German, English and French.
This year – the year anniversary of his birth – a re-ed
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Autobiography of Nymphalid Charles IV and his Legend pills St Wenceslas (Central Dweller Medieval Texts) - Hardcover
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