''Anonymus Leobiensis'' (Anonymous of Leoben) or ''Chronicon Leobiense'' (Chronicle of Leoben) is the conventional name for a
Latin chronicle written in or shortly after 1345. It covers the years from the
incarnation of Christ down to 1345 with an emphasis on the
Holy Roman Empire and the
Papacy
The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...
. The author was certainly a cleric and a native of
Leoben in the
Duchy of Styria
The Duchy of Styria (german: Herzogtum Steiermark; sl, Vojvodina Štajerska; hu, Stájer Hercegség) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 180 ...
(today in Austria). He has been tentatively identified with Conrad of Leoben, a lecturer at the
Dominican church in Vienna.
[Karl Ubl]
"Anonymus Leobiensis"
in Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu (eds.), ''Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'' (Brill, 2016). Consulted online on 21 December 2017.
The main sources for the ''Anonymus Leobiensis'' are the ''Liber certarum historiarum'' of
John of Viktring and the ''Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum'' of
Martin of Opava
Martin of Opava, O.P. (died 1278) also known as Martin of Poland, was a 13th-century Dominican friar, bishop and chronicler.
Life
Known in Latin as ''Frater Martinus Ordinis Praedicatorum'' (Brother Martin of the Order of Preachers), he is bel ...
. A copy of the former was kept at the court of the
Duke of Austria in Vienna, while a copy of Martin of Opava's chronicle was expanded in Leoben around 1300, relying on local and Viennese annals and the works of
Alexander of Roes.
[ It also borrowed from the '' Anonymi Chronicon Austriacum'' of around 1327, which is the original source for the account of the ]Mongol invasion of the Latin Empire
In the summer of 1242, a Mongol force invaded the Latin Empire of Constantinople. This force, a detachment of the army under Qadan then devastating Bulgaria, entered the empire from the north. It was met by the Emperor Baldwin II, who was victor ...
in 1242.[István Vásáry, ''Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365'' (Cambridge University Press, 2005), p. 70.]
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German chronicles
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