("A Certain Narrative of Groningen, Drenthe, Coevorden and of Various Other Issues under Various Bishops of Utrecht"),Justine Smithuis (2016)
"Quaedam narracio [de Groninghe, de Thrente, de Covordia et de diversis aliis sub diversis episcopis Traiectensibus
], in Graeme Dunphy and Cristian Bratu (eds.), ''Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'' (Leiden: Brill). Consulted online on 7 November 2019. usually just for short, is an anonymous

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

prose chronicle written in 1232–33 by a Frisian clergyman attached to Bishop Willibrand of Utrecht. It was written during the Drenther uprising of 1227–1232. The is found in the ''Liber donationum'' (Book of Donations) of Utrecht Cathedral (now Utrecht, Gemeentearchief, Archief van het Domkapittel, inv. 52A). This manuscript contains a record of donations made to the cathedral and also another short historical narrative, the '' Bella Campestria''.Antheun Janse (2016)
"Bella Campestria"
in Graeme Dunphy and Cristian Bratu (eds.), ''Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle'' (Leiden: Brill). Consulted online on 7 November 2019. The is divided into forty short chapters (headings) covering the bishops of Utrecht from

Hartbert Hartbert van Bierum (died 12 November 1150) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1139 to 1150. Hartbert, or Heribert, in several translations, was consecrated as bishop on 24 July 1139. During his rule, a rebellion occurred in the city of Groningen. Af ...

() down to the reigning bishop, Willibrand. It is chiefly concerned with the bishops' efforts to assert and extend their authority in the regions of

Coevorden Coevorden (; nds-nl, Koevern) is a city and municipality in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In Augu ...

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Nov ...

and

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

and with their conflicts with the counties of Holland and

Guelders The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...

Editions

*C. Pijnacker Hordijk, ed
''Quedam narracio de Groninghe, de Thrente, de Covordia et de diversis aliis sub diversis episcopis Traiectensibus''
Utrecht: Kemink & Zoon, 1888. *A. M. Braaksma et al., eds. ''Quedam Narracio de Groninghe, de Thrente, de Covordia et de diversis aliis sub diversis episcopis traiectensibus''. Amsterdam, 1977. *Hans van Rij, ed. ''Een verhaal over Groningen, Drente, Coevorden en allerlei andere zaken onder verschillende Utrechtse bisschoppen''. Hilversum: Verloren, 1989.

References

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