"Gott erhaltte sein Wortt, die Edle Warheitt auf Vnsere Nachkomen. Amen". German written town chronicles from Northwest Bohemia in the age of humanism as a source for historiolinguistic research

Abstract

The article presents three urban chronicles of Brüx, Kaaden and Komotau from textological point of view. The study deals also with conceptions of the text of the chronicles and methodology of the historiographic work.

Keywords

• town chronicles
• historical linguistics
• textology
• humanism
• Bohemia