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[Johannes Gielemanus] 1427-87. Brabant (Belgium). Augustinian, entered the Rooklooster near Auderghem as a regular monk before 1460; subprior of the monastery of Zevenborren (1475) and until his death subprior of the Rooklooster. Author of (among other texts) the Sanctilogium (ca 1471-79), the Hagiologium Brabantinorum (1476-84), the Novale Sanctorum (ca 1480-85) and the Historiologium Brabantinorum (1486-87).Gielemans saw himself mostly as a collector of (already existing) texts, which corresponds with the design of the Sanctilogium as well as the Hagiologium Brabantino…

early 14th century. Brabant (Belgium). An anonymous Dutch-language verse chronicle of the Brabantine dynasty and the Brabantine territory, the two halves of which are transmitted separately and have only recently been identified as a single work by Sleiderink.The first half contains a dedication to John III, duke of Brabant (1300-55). It begins with Noah and the Flood and includes the legendary history of Silvius Brabon and the foundation of Brabant and several (Brabantine) towns, but breaks off with the life of Carloman in the 12th century. This section is transmitted in Antwerp, Sta…

post-1437. Low Countries. A short chronicle in Dutch, probably written in or near Breda, it is one of three closely related short prose chronicles which were (mainly) focussed on the history of the duchy of Brabant, the others being the Brabandsche chronyk and the Korte prozakroniek van Brabant which both date from the second half of the 15th century. The Cronijke van Nederland begins with a very short biblical history (from Adam to the birth of Christ) and then describes events which mostly occurred in the duchy of Brabant in the period between 1285 and 1436. It survived only in an 18th-centur…

ca 1139, 1268-71. Low Countries. Three anonymous genealogies relating the history of the Brabantine ducal dynasty.Both the Genealogia Karoli Magni and the Genealogia ducum Brabantiae ampliata begin with the legendary French king Priamus and end in the first years of the reign of John I, duke of Lower-Lotharingia Brabant. The Genealogia ducum Brabantiae metrica (which is written in verse) begins with Carloman, the father of Pippin the Elder, and ends with the life of Geoffrey I, count of Leuven and duke of Lower Lotharingia (first version) or shortly after…

late 13th or early 14th century. Low Countries (Brabant). Author of the Yeeste van den slag van Woeringen. Jan came from Helen near Zoutleeuw, and was probably a commander of the Teutonic Order in Bekkevoort near Diest.The Yeeste van den slag van Woeringen (History of the battle of Worringen) or Rymkronyk was written between 1288 and 1291. It relates in verse the battle between John I, duke of Lower Lorraine and Brabant, and among others Reynold I, count of Guelders, fought in 1288 to the north of Cologne. As victor John I took control of the duchy of Limbourg. In the prologue a p…

(Afflighem supplement to Sigebert of Gembloux's Chronographia) 12th century. Brabant (Low Countries). This Latin universal chronicle compilation revises the work of Sigebert of Gembloux for the period 381-1148, adding extracts from the Annales Blandinienses . For 1149-64 it offers an original view of the history of the Empire, England and the Holy Land, but then focusses more on Flemish and Brabantine events. It records the building of the Flemish abbey of Eename and calls the town the most important in Lorraine. The author is probably Gislebert of Eename, a Benedictine monk who bec…