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Chronicon rhythmicum Coloniense
(235 words)

ca 1260. Germany. Anonymous short town chronicle in Latin rhyming couplets. The chronicle, which was known to the 19th-century editor only in three fragments (489 lines), covers some important events in Cologne's history from 1204 to 1260, for example the siege of the town by Philipp of Swabia, the feud between the archbishop and Henry of Brabant and the town's quarrel with the archbishop. The author is no skilled poet and rhymes are repeated frequently, yet although he gives no information not available elsewhere, he voices strong opinion…

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Plassmann, Alheydis, “Chronicon rhythmicum Coloniense”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_001058>
First published online: 2016



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