CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Kis, Ivan |
|---|---|
| Title | Johannes Aventinus And His Entries About The Reign Of Henry Iii |
| Summary | In my thesis I study and analyze a significant late-medieval chronicle, known as Annalium Boiorum libri septem (The seven books of the Bavarian Annals, written by a Bavarian humanist historian, Johannes Aventinus (1477-1534). My main goal is to examine the Annales’s entries about the reign of Henry III, because these parts contain an unusually large quantity of the so-called “unique” entries, which can only be found in the Annales. However, to prove the veracity of these “unique” entries about Henry III—that is, whether they were fictitious accounts inserted by Aventinus or taken from a lost source—certain examinations are necessary in my thesis. At first, I summarize the life of the Bavarian historiographer in order to understand his historiographical practice, personal viewpoints, and therefore, to evaluate of Aventinus as a historian. After that, I present the historiographical practice of Aventinus’s historical writing and his historiographical principles, which can be detected in his texts. I demonstrate that there are three discernible historiographical principles which appear in Aventinus’s Annales: his patriotism, his love for rhetorical devices, and his disapproval towards the Catholic Church. It was precisely these principles, which occasionally made Aventinus alter the content of his sources. Following this chapter, I identify the sources of the Annales regarding the reign-period of Henry III, and finally, I dealt with the so-called “unique” entries of Aventinus. |
| Supervisor | Balázs Nagy, Daniel Ziemann |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/kis_ivan.pdf |
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