The ''Chronicon Suevicum universale'' (german: Schwäbische Weltchronik, "Swabian World Chronicle"), written around 1045 in
Latin
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, is a chronicle of
universal history
A universal history is a work aiming at the presentation of a history of all of mankind as a whole, coherent unit. A universal chronicle or world chronicle typically traces history from the beginning of written information about the past up to t ...
in the form of
annals for the years from Creation down to 1043. It was once commonly associated with the
monastery of Saint Gall, but is now thought to have been composed by a monk of
Reichenau. On the first hypothesis, it has been called the ''Epitome Sangallense Herimanni Augiensis'', a Saint Gall version of
Hermann of Reichenau
Blessed Hermann of Reichenau (18 July 1013– 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many hymns. ...
's chronicle. On the second, it has been called the ''Reichenauer Weltchronik''.
Sources
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Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle
The Medieval Chronicle Society is an international and interdisciplinary organization founded to facilitate the work of scholars interested in medieval annals and chronicles, or more generally medieval historiography. It was founded in 1999 and in ...
, publisher=Brill Online , year=2013 , accessdate=10 October 2013 , url=http://www.encquran.brill.nl/entries/encyclopedia-of-the-medieval-chronicle/chronicon-suevicum-universale-SIM_00660
German chronicles
11th-century Latin books