Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2016
Abstract
The aim of the study is a brief survey of the language and style of the chronicle Deeds of the Saxons written by the Saxon chronicler Widukind of Corvey in the 10th century. At the beginning, the issue of the work, the author's background and the language are briefly described.
The main focus of the article is given to the use of particular terms as e.g. dux, comes, princeps, praeses, rex and other titles, quite common in medieval sources. In Widukind's work, the absence of the title marchio is quite striking.
The author replaces it with the words comes or praeses. The use of the term rex is also quite unusual: The chronicler uses it to describe among others also some of the Slavic Christian dukes, like Boleslav I and Mieszko.