HISTORIOGRAPHY IN THE MIDDLE AGES - Julian Emperor

174 ROLF SPRANDELworld and relies mainly on Vincent of Beauvais for the Old Testament/Greekhistory according to earlier world epochs. 55 Researchhas been concerned up to this point mainly with the first volume ofthe two-volume chronicle—that is, the Old Testament/Greek history.Until 1979, the second volume was known only in excerptsfrom Hartmann Schedel, and the main areas of interest were theevents that related to Nuremberg. 56 It appears, however, that thissecond volume is a continuation of Martin of Troppau and that ituses for the remaining period nearly every world chronicle that hadbeen written in Germany since Martin.The main characteristic of the work is certainly the manifest taskof developing for Nuremberg that which other regions already have:the embedding of regional history in world history. Correspondingly,the author announces in the foreword that he will describe “theactions and histories of the Old and New Testament for the gloryof God and the honor of the imperial city Nuremberg”. 57 In thechapter on Charles IV, the authors select, from among the varioussources at their disposal, the positive portrayal of this king providedby Heinrich Taube. In that regard, they reveal the interests thatinfluence their writing of Nuremberg history, for Charles IV didmuch to secure the traditional form of the council government inNuremberg.The Fourth Bavarian Supplement to the Saxon world chronicleis an individual work that has been attributed to an anonymousauthor from Ingolstadt or Neuburg-on-the-Danube. This chronicleis comparable to the Thuringian world chronicle in that events ofLandesgeschichte nearly obfuscate the horizon of world history. However,not only the connection of this chronicle to the Saxon world chroniclebut also its unmistakable connections to world history—from theimperial “kleinodien” to the Hussite and the Turkish wars—give thischronicle a place among world chronicles.The monk Albert, who has papal history and imperial history followeach other in two sections, belongs to the chroniclers of thefourth category. 58 He describes himself as someone who is continuing55Schnell (1986); Weigand (1991).56Schneider (1991).57Platterberger and Thuchseß, Deutsche Weltchronik 260.58Mönch Albert, Weltchronik, 1273/1277–1454/1456, ed. R. Sprandel, MGH SSrer. Germ., N.S. 17 (1994), 37–328.