Aachener Chronik

Aachener Chronik is a town chronicle dated to the late 15th century.[1]

Aachen Town Hall

The chronicle is written in High German, although some portions of the earlier chapters use Low German references. The document is anonymous but was probably commissioned by the Aachen town council. It consists of annual entries from 770 to 1482.

The first four centuries of the annual comprise only 13 brief entries, while from 1428 the entries become longer narrative units.[2]

References

Aachen. Stadtbibliothek (1834) p476.
Dunphy, Graeme, “Aachener Chronik”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 20 February 2018.

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[1] Aachen. Stadtbibliothek (1834) p476.

[2] Dunphy, Graeme, “Aachener Chronik”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 20 February 2018.