The ''Gesta Treverorum'' (''Deeds of the Trevians'') is a collection of histories,
legend
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess ...
s,
wars, records of the
Archbishops of Trier (Trèves), writings of the
Pope
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 ...
s, and other records that were collected by the monks of the
St. Matthias' Abbey
St. Matthias' Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The abbey church, a Romanesque basilica, is a renowned place of pilgrimage because of the tomb of Saint Matthias the Apostle, after whom the abbey is na ...
in
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...
. It was begun in the 12th century and was continued until 1794 when the Archbishopric of Trier came to an end. An edition was published as an eight-volume set in the 19th century. A new 8-volume edition by Emil Zenz was published in the 1950s and 1960s.
Edition
*Zenz, Emil (ed. and tr.) (1955–1962). ''Die Taten der Trierer. Gesta Treverorum''. 8 vols. Trier. Edition with German translation.
*Waitz, Georg (ed.) (1848). "Gesta Treverorum." MGH Scriptores 8. pp. 111–200.
*Waitz, Georg (ed.) (1879). "Gesta Treverorum continuata." MGH Scriptores 24. pp. 368–488.
Further reading
*Hellmann, S. (1913). "Zu den ''Gesta Treverorum''." ''Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde. Zur Beforderung einer Gesamtausgabe der Quellenschriften deutscher Geschichten des Mittelalters'' 38. pp. 451–468.
*Laufner, Richard (2001). "Zwei restaurierte Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek Trier. ''Gesta Treverorum'' und Chartularium von St. Mariae ad Martyres." ''Kurtrierisches Jahrbuch'' 41 (2001). pp. 315–32.
*Thomas, Heinz (1968). ''Studien zur Trierer Geschichtsschreibung des 11. Jahrhunderts: insbesondere zu den Gesta Treverorum''. Rheinisches Archiv 68. Bonn.
External links
Digital MGH
Medieval literature
History of Trier
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