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20: 229: 182:, and perhaps also a life of Vicelinus, but the summaries which he made of these records are unreliable. He is, however, the most important source of information for the history of his own period, his account of which rests on the verbal information of Vicelinus and of Gerold. His fund of information becomes noticeably meager after the latter's death in 1163. His trustworthiness was seriously questioned in the 19th century (see particularly Sehirren, 406: 301: 135:(about 800) to 1171. The purpose of this chronicle was to demonstrate how Christianity and the German nationality gradually succeeded in gaining a footing among the Wends, especially in the eastern portion of Holstein. As an eyewitness he gives a clear description in fluent Latin of Vicelinus's missionary labors, of the founding of the bishopric in Oldenburg, of the transfer of this bishopric to 139:
when German commerce at the latter place had become more important than in the former city, of the spread of German influence among the Wends, of the merciless subjugation and extermination of these, and of the summoning to their lands of foreign settlers, principally
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and his partiality for the Oldenburg-Lübeck bishopric, but it should not be supposed that he was guilty of an intentional falsification of facts. The chronicle was first published in 1556 at
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during the Wendish Crusade, there was "only talk of money, never about Christianity" and missionary conversion of the Slavs.
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Helmold drew his knowledge of the earliest period from the church history of
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about 1150, and finally became a parish priest in 1156 at Bosau on
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of Oldenburg (1139–42). Later he came under the direction of
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347:(Frankfort am Main, 1556). The best edition is by 127:, a history of the conquest and conversion of the 201:, XXI (1868), 11-99, and in "Script. rer. Germ." 121:At Bishop Gerold's instigation Helmold wrote his 430: 380: 464:12th-century German Roman Catholic priests 151:Helmold was a critical historian, calling 273:Learn how and when to remove this message 414: 311: 294: 292: 290: 236:This article includes a list of general 102:, first in the Augustinian monastery of 58:. He was a friend of the two bishops of 18: 454:Chroniclers from the Holy Roman Empire 431: 371:Bibliotheca hist. medaevius. Helmoldus 287: 155:"out for money", and criticizing the 222: 159:. He said that among the troops of 39:(c. 1120 – after 1177) was a 13: 242:it lacks sufficient corresponding 86:, and received his instruction in 14: 500: 469:Christians of the Wendish Crusade 459:People from the Duchy of Holstein 170:and the Saxon records bearing on 404: 299: 227: 474:German male non-fiction writers 449:12th-century German historians 382:Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen 1: 479:12th-century writers in Latin 415:Schlager, Patricius (1910). " 333: 197:Monumenta Germaniae Historica 7: 10: 505: 361:For critical works on the 73: 46:of the 12th century and a 16:Saxon historian and priest 32:by Jan Papłoński in 1862. 394:. Accessed May 14, 2007. 354:Monumenta Germaniae hist 218: 90:from Gerold, the future 484:People from Ostholstein 322:Encyclopædia Britannica 257:more precise citations. 110:(1147–53). He became a 381: 174:, besides the life of 106:, afterwards known as 78:Helmold was born near 33: 422:Catholic Encyclopedia 343:were first edited by 188:Archbishops of Bremen 98:, the Apostle of the 60:Oldenburg in Holstein 22: 388:"Helmold Of Bosau". 385:, II (1894), 338-41. 444:12th-century deaths 439:12th-century births 489:People from Goslar 377:Wilhelm Wattenbach 34: 398:Helmold von Bosau 373:., I (1896), 576. 345:Siegmund Schorkel 283: 282: 275: 131:from the time of 124:Chronica Slavorum 116:Großer Plöner See 25:Chronica Slavorum 496: 426: 408: 407: 384: 327: 326: 305: 303: 302: 296: 278: 271: 267: 264: 258: 253:this article by 244:inline citations 231: 230: 223: 213:Arnold of Lübeck 157:Wendish Crusades 82:. He grew up in 37:Helmold of Bosau 28:translated into 504: 503: 499: 498: 497: 495: 494: 493: 429: 428: 405: 402: 367:August Potthast 349:J.M. Lappenberg 336: 331: 330: 315:, ed. (1911). " 300: 298: 297: 288: 279: 268: 262: 259: 249:Please help to 248: 232: 228: 221: 194:, and later in 76: 17: 12: 11: 5: 502: 492: 491: 486: 481: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 425:. Vol. 7. 401: 400: 395: 386: 374: 359: 335: 332: 329: 328: 313:Chisholm, Hugh 285: 284: 281: 280: 235: 233: 226: 220: 217: 205:Henry the Lion 178:, the list of 168:Adam of Bremen 161:Henry the Lion 153:Henry the Lion 129:Polabian Slavs 75: 72: 68:Polabian Slavs 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 501: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 436: 434: 427: 424: 423: 418: 412: 411:public domain 399: 396: 393: 392: 387: 383: 378: 375: 372: 368: 364: 360: 358:, XXI (1868). 357: 355: 350: 346: 342: 338: 337: 324: 323: 318: 314: 309: 308:public domain 295: 293: 291: 286: 277: 274: 266: 256: 252: 246: 245: 239: 234: 225: 224: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 200: 198: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 164: 162: 158: 154: 149: 147: 143: 138: 134: 130: 126: 125: 119: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 71: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 42: 38: 31: 27: 26: 21: 420: 403: 389: 370: 362: 356:. scriptores 352: 340: 320: 269: 260: 241: 203: 199:: Scriptores 195: 183: 165: 150: 122: 120: 77: 36: 35: 23: 255:introducing 142:Westphalian 133:Charlemagne 433:Categories 334:References 238:references 207:, Duke of 176:Willehadus 108:Neumünster 263:June 2023 192:Frankfurt 180:Ansgarius 96:Vicelinus 88:Brunswick 64:Vicelinus 44:historian 363:Chronica 341:Chronica 172:Henry IV 84:Holstein 417:Helmold 413::  317:Helmold 310::  251:improve 104:Faldera 74:History 304:  240:, but 209:Saxony 137:Lübeck 112:deacon 92:bishop 80:Goslar 48:priest 30:Polish 219:Notes 146:Dutch 100:Wends 54:near 52:Bosau 41:Saxon 365:see 339:The 144:and 56:Plön 419:". 351:in 319:". 50:at 435:: 379:, 369:, 289:^ 215:. 118:. 70:. 62:, 276:) 270:( 265:) 261:( 247:.

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Chronica Slavorum
Polish
Saxon
historian
priest
Bosau
Plön
Oldenburg in Holstein
Vicelinus
Polabian Slavs
Goslar
Holstein
Brunswick
bishop
Vicelinus
Wends
Faldera
Neumünster
deacon
Großer Plöner See
Chronica Slavorum
Polabian Slavs
Charlemagne
Lübeck
Westphalian
Dutch
Henry the Lion
Wendish Crusades
Henry the Lion

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