The Chronicle of Arnold of Lübeck
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The chronicle of Arnold, Abbot of the monastery of St John of Lübeck, is one of the most important sources for the history of Germany in the central Middle Ages, and is also probably the major source for German involvement in the Crusades. The work was intended as a continuation of the earlier chronicle of Helmold of Bosau, and covers the years 1172?1209, in seven books. It was completed soon after the latter date, and the author died not long afterwards, and no later than 1214. It is thus a strictly contemporary work, which greatly enhances its value.

Abbot Arnold?s very readable chronicle provides a fascinating glimpse into German society in the time of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his immediate successors, into a crucial period of the Crusading movement, and also into the religious mentality of the Middle Ages.

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Preface

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Introduction

The Chronicle of Arnold of Lübeck

Book I

Book II

Book III

Book IV

Book V

Book VI

Book VII

Appendix: Frederick II’s Privilege for Lübeck 1226

Bibliography

Index

Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds, and was Head of the School of History 2012-15. Among his previous books are The Age of Robert Guiscard. Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (Harlow 2000), The Latin Church in Norman Italy (Cambridge 2007), and Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily (Manchester 2012). He has also translated The Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa, for the Ashgate ‘Crusade Texts in Translation’ series (2010), and is currently editing The Origins of the German Principalities, 1100-1350, with Alan Murray and Jochen Schenk (Ashgate / German Historical Institute).