TheAnnals of Hildesheim (orAnnales Hildesheimenses) is aLatin anonymous history composed progressively in the city ofHildesheim between the 10th and 12th centuries.[1] It survives in a single manuscript, now Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 6114.[2]
TheAnnals of Hildesheim is divided into distinct blocks of material orredactions.[3] It is only partially a set ofannals. Its first part is in fact aworld chronicle that begins with thestory of Creation.[4] It recapitulates the history contained in theOld Testament andNew Testament, continues with a history ofPtolemaic Kingdom down toCleopatra V (58 BC) and a history of theRoman Empire down toHeraclius Constantine (AD 641). It ends with a lengthy section on theCarolingian dynasty from thebattle of Tertry (687) to the death ofCharles the Fat (888) and the first three rulers of theOttonian dynasty.[5]
The second part, which is by far the shortest, covers the papacy'ssaeculum obscurum (dark age), the power of theCrescentii in Rome and the papacy ofGregory V (996–999).[5] The third part picks up the history of theHoly Roman Empire from the death ofOtto III (1002) and brings it down to the death ofHenry III (1056). It is the first part to show an interest in the history of Hildesheim.[6] The fourth part covers theInvestiture Contest from 1074 until the death of ArchbishopRuthard of Mainz in 1109.[7] A final block of text covers the years 1077–1137.[8]
The Latin text was edited byGeorg Waitz in 1878.[9] There is an English translation.[10]
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