The ''Annales Altahenses'' was an early medieval royal

annals Annals ( la, annāles, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record. Scope The nature of the distinction between ann ...

compiled in the

Niederaltaich Abbey Niederaltaich Abbey (Abtei or Kloster Niederaltaich) is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 741, situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria. Foundation and early history After its foundation in 741 by Duke Odilo o ...

which contains records of the events of almost all years in the period between 708 and 1073. In a tour de force of scholarship,

Wilhelm von Giesebrecht Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (5 March 1814 – 17 December 1889) was a German historian. He was born in Berlin, the son of Karl Giesebrecht (died 1832), and a nephew of the poet Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873). He studied under Leopold v ...

published a ''Jahrbücher des Klosters Altaich'' (1841), reconstructing the lost ''Annales Altahenses'', of which fragments only were then known to be extant, obscurely included within other chronicles. The brilliance of this performance was shown in 1867, when a copy of the original chronicle was found, and it was seen that Giesebrecht's text was substantially correct.''Encyclopædia Britannica'' 1911, ''s,v,'' "Giesebrecht, Wilhelm von".

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* Medieval Latin histories {{Europe-hist-stub