Matthias of Neuenburg was a

chronicler A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

, born in 1295, possibly in

Neuenburg am Rhein Neuenburg am Rhein ( High Alemannic: ''Neiburg am Rhi'') is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Geographical location Neuenburg is elevated on the right bank of the Altrhein on a ...

, in

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; died between 1364 and 1370, probably in Strasbourg, in Alsace. He studied jurisprudence at

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, and later received minor orders, but never became a priest. In 1327 he was solicitor of the episcopal court at

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, and shortly after, while clerk to Bishop Berthold von Buchecke, held a similar position in Strasbourg. He has been considered to be the author of a Latin chronicle from 1243 to 1350, and of its first continuation from 1350 to 1355. Later, three other writers carried on the work to 1368, 1374, and 1378 respectively. It is an important contribution to Alsatian and Habsburg history and for the times in which Matthias lived. It has been attributed to different writers, among them to the

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notary, Jacob of Mainz,cf. Wichert, ''Jacob von Mainz'',

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, 1881 also to Albert of Strasbourg, especially by earlier editors, while those of later times attribute it to Matthias of Neuenburg. For the voluminous literature on this controversy see

August Potthast August Potthast (13 August 1824, Höxter, Province of Westphalia13 February 1898, Leobschütz), was a German historian, was born at Höxter, and was educated at Paderborn, Münster and Berlin. He assisted GH Pertz, the editor of the '' Monu ...

, ''Bibliotheca Kin. Med. Aevi.'' (Berlin, 1896). Among the editions are: *''Alberti Argentinensis Chronici fragmentum'', an appendix to Johannes Cuspinian's work ''De consulibus Romanorum commentarii'' (Basle, 1553), 667-710, very much abridged; *G. Studer, ''Matthiae Neoburgensis chronica cum continuatione et vita Berchtoldi''; *''Die Chronik des Matthias von Neuenburg'', from the

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and Strasbourg manuscripts (Berne, 1866); *A. Huber, ''Mathiae Neuwenburgensis Cronica, 1273-1350'' in Bohmer, ''Fontes rerum Germanicarum'', IV (Stuttgart, 1868), 149-276; *''Continuationes'', 276-297 It has also been edited from a Vienna and a Vatican manuscript in ''Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften'', xxxvii-viii (Göttingen, 1891-2), and translated into German by Grandaur (Leipzig, 1892).

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;Attribution *. Cites sources: **POTTHAST, Bibliotheca (Berlin, 1896), 780 sq.; **WEILAND, Introduction to the above-mentioned German version, pp. i-xxviii {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthias of Neuenburg German chroniclers 14th-century German historians 14th-century Latin writers Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown