!!!Chroniken

Chronicles, Historical works which can be distinguished into two 
groups: they either describe world history from the beginnings of 
history up to the time they were written, mainly seen in relation to 
the history of salvation, or they deal with the history of a 
particular ruler, a country or a family. In contrast to  Annals, 
chronicles place more emphasis on connections and links between events 
than on mere chronological accounts. In Austria, works focusing on 
salvation include the "Chronicle or History of the Two Realms" 
("Chronicon seu historia de duabus civitatibus") by  Otto von 
Freising, a history of the world in seven books (up to 1146), followed 
by an eighth volume about the end of the world and the Last Judgement. 
The earliest work belonging to the second group is the "Breve 
Chronicon Austriae Mellicense" by the abbot of Melk, Konrad I 
(1177-1203), which presents the history of the Babenbergs adorned with 
legends. Around 1280, the Viennese citizen Jans  Enikel wrote two 
verse chronicles in German, the "World Chronicle" ("Weltchronik") and 
the "Book of Princes" ("Fuerstenbuch von Oesterreich und Steier"), a 
history beginning in pagan times. Around 1318, Ottokar aus der Gael 
compiled the "Styrian Rhyming Chronicle" ("Steirische Reimchronik"), 
also in German and in verse form. Commissioned by Duke 
Albrecht III, the Augustinian monk Leopold  Stainreuter wrote the 
"Chronicle of the 95 Realms", a history of Austria beginning with 
Noah. Many later works were based on this chronicle, for example the 
"Chronica Austriae" by Thomas  Ebendorfer. From the 14%%sup th/%  
century, there were also regional chronicles, such as the "Liber 
certarum historiarum" by Johann von Viktring, the "Chronicle of 
Austria" and the "Chronicle of Carinthia" by Jakob Unrest, or the 
"Brief Chronicle of Klosterneuburg" ("Kleine Klosterneuburger 
Chronik") in Lower Austria. In historical writing of the modern 
period, the chronicle style gave way to a more factual description. 
Recently, the chronicle form has experienced a renaissance in works on 
the history of provinces, municipalities, associations and 
institutions.

!Literature
A. Lhotsky, Quellenkunde Oe., 1963.


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