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142:. He began it in 1382; he twice revised it and brought it down to the year 1415. One of the first universal histories in German prose, it includes also a territorial history of Alsace and a local history of Strasbourg. Recognizing the needs of his time, he wrote it for the Klugen, that is, cultivated, laymen, "who read such things as eagerly as learned parsons". His narrative is therefore popular and enlivened by legends, jokes, and details concerning the lives of the people. He possessed a good knowledge and availed himself freely of the sources of medieval prose and poetry (particularly 25: 210: 313: 54: 220: 179:
contains an alphabetical list of historical events with dates, and forms thus a kind of compendium of history, and was often copied separately. The
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Early in life, he had devoted himself to historical studies, and a Latin "Chronicle" is extant, written by him before he became a priest (edited by
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Königshofen also authored a Latin-German glossary, which may, however, in its essential details be traced to Closener.
108:, but only a few details of his life are known. He became a priest in 1382, and for a time he held the parish of 37: 47: 41: 33: 117: 58: 278: 225: 185:
was printed as early as 1474, and later at Strasbourg in 1698. A scholarly edition is that of Hegel in
92:(more properly Jakob Twinger von Königshofen) (1346 – 27 December 1420) was a German chronicler. 246: 308: 303: 155: 166: 173:, he has himself been in many cases the authority for later historians. The last chapter of the 283: 170: 159: 113: 265: 251: 120:, where he was placed in charge of the archives and kept the stock books and registers. 130:
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124: 297: 234: 214: 169:, an imperialist and German nationalist. Influenced by the Alsatian chronicler 109: 101: 191:, VIII-IX (Leipzig, 1870-1871). Jacob died at Strasbourg, in his seventies. 100:
Jacob was born at Königshofen, then a village near, and now a district of,
147: 143: 288:, Phototypische Wiedergabe des Königshofenschen Tonarius (Graz, 1903). 105: 213: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 151: 18: 46:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 8: 257: 186: 180: 174: 137: 128: 269: 238: 277:Concerning Königshofen as a choralist see 77:Learn how and when to remove this message 314:Chroniclers from the Holy Roman Empire 7: 229:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 165:In politics, he was an adherent of 259:Notice sur Closener et Königshofen 219:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " 14: 271:Bibliotheca historica medii aevi 208: 23: 240:De Jacobo Twingero Regiovillano 319:15th-century German historians 188:Chroniken der deutschen Städte 1: 324:15th-century writers in Latin 345: 136:His principal work is the 32:This article includes a 329:Writers from Strasbourg 118:St. Thomas at Strasburg 116:and in 1395 a canon of 61:more precise citations. 270: 258: 239: 187: 181: 175: 138: 129: 226:Catholic Encyclopedia 156:Hermannus Contractus 112:. In 1394 he became 279:Franz Xaver Mathias 262:(Strasburg, 1842); 243:(Strasburg, 1789); 167:Louis the Bavarian 34:list of references 231:The entry cites: 221:Jacob Königshofen 171:Fritsche Closener 90:Jacob Königshofen 87: 86: 79: 336: 287: 273: 261: 255: 247:Louis Schneegans 242: 230: 212: 211: 190: 184: 178: 160:Martinus Polonus 141: 132: 114:notary Apostolic 82: 75: 71: 68: 62: 57:this article by 48:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 16:German historian 344: 343: 339: 338: 337: 335: 334: 333: 294: 293: 281: 266:August Potthast 249: 218: 209: 200: 162:, and others). 98: 83: 72: 66: 63: 52: 38:related reading 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 342: 340: 332: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 296: 295: 292: 291: 290: 289: 275: 274:, II, 1076-88. 263: 244: 205: 204: 199: 196: 125:Louis Duchesne 97: 94: 85: 84: 42:external links 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 341: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 301: 299: 285: 280: 276: 272: 267: 264: 260: 253: 248: 245: 241: 236: 235:J. F. Oberlin 233: 232: 228: 227: 222: 216: 215:public domain 207: 206: 202: 201: 197: 195: 192: 189: 183: 177: 172: 168: 163: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 140: 134: 131: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 95: 93: 91: 81: 78: 70: 60: 56: 50: 49: 43: 39: 35: 30: 21: 20: 224: 193: 164: 135: 122: 99: 89: 88: 73: 67:January 2024 64: 53:Please help 45: 309:1420 deaths 304:1346 births 282: [ 250: [ 203:Attribution 146:, but also 59:introducing 298:Categories 198:References 110:Drusenheim 102:Strasburg 96:Biography 148:Eusebius 144:Ekkehard 217::  182:Chronik 176:Chronik 139:Chronik 55:improve 106:Alsace 286:] 254:] 104:, in 40:, or 152:Bede 223:". 127:in 300:: 284:ca 268:, 256:, 252:fr 237:, 158:, 154:, 150:, 44:, 36:, 80:) 74:( 69:) 65:( 51:.

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