The Chronicle of the Czechs

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The ChroniCle of The CzeChs Medieval TexTs in TranslaTion ediTorial direcTor Thomas f. X. noble University of Notre Dame ediTorial Board Paul Dutton Simon Fraser University Geoffrey Koziol University of California, Berkeley Carol lansing University of California at Santa Barbara Barbara h. rosenwein Loyola University of Chicago Cosmas of Prague The ChroniCle of The CzeChs Translated with an introduction and notes by Lisa Wolverton The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D.C. Copyright © 2009 The Catholic University of America Press All rights reserved The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American national standards for information science—Permanence of Paper for Printed library Materials, ansi Z39.48-1984. ∞ library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cosmas, of Prague, 1045?–1125. [Chronica Boemorum. english] The chronicle of the Czechs / by Cosmas of Prague ; translated with an introduction and notes by lisa Wolverton. p. cm. — (Medieval texts in translation) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8132-1570-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Bohemia (Czech republic)—history—To 1526. i. Wolverton, lisa. ii. Title. iii. series. dB2081.c67134 2008 943.71´021—dc22 2008032128 For Margot and Jing ...