The principal and almost contemporary source for the career of Priscillian is the Gallic chronicler Sulpicius Severus, who characterized him ( Chronica II. 46 ) as noble and rich, a layman who had devoted his life to study, vain of his classical pagan education, already being looked on with misgivings ( see Gregory of Tours ).

Matthias Corvinus ' court historian Antonio Bonfini flattered his king by tracing the family's ancestry to the Roman gens Corvina, or Valeriana, while adding: " for this man was indeed born of a Romanian father and a Hungarian mother " A contemporary Hungarian historian Johannes de Thurocz, similarly flattering his king, wrote in the Chronicle of the Hungarians ( Chronica Hungarorum ) that the Hunyadi family was of Hunnic origin, even calling Matthias Corvinus the " Second Attila ".

A detailed account of the abbey at this date exists in the Chronica monasterii Cassinensis by Leo of Ostia and Amatus of Monte Cassino gives us our best source on the early Normans in the south.

His Chronica Majora is an oft-cited source, though modern historians recognize that Paris was not always reliable.

This Chronica Majora is an important historical source document, especially for the period between 1235 and 1259.

One historic source on Slavic mythology mentioning this god is the 12th-century Chronica Slavorum, a work written by German priest Helmold which describes customs and beliefs of several Wendish and Polabian tribes who were still pagans.

Yet Villani still relied upon the Chronica de origine civitatis as the prime source for Florence's early history in his narrative.

Smocza Jama was first mentioned on the turn of the 12th century in Wincenty Kadłubek's Chronica Polonorum, which is also the source of the first known version of the Wawel Dragon legend, later further developed by Jan Długosz and Marcin Bielski.

Another important chronicle source is the material preserved in John of Fordun's Chronica gentis Scottorum (" Chronicle of the Scottish people ") and Walter Bower's Scotichronicon.

Drawn from life by the historian Matthew Paris for his Chronica Majora, it can be seen in his bestiary at Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, with an accompanying text revealing that at the time, Europeans believed that elephants did not have knees and so were unable to get up if they fell over.

* Chronica minora 1, 2.

Chronica Minora saec.

* Ruy de Pina, Chronica d ' el Rei D. João II.

By that time most knowledge of Saxo ’ s work came from a summary located in Chronica Jutensis, from around 1342, called Compendium Saxonis.

( 2005 ) The Chronica Maiora of Thomas Walsingham, 1376 – 1422.

In the earliest extant manuscripts it is referred to as Liber episcopalis in quo continentur acta beatorum pontificum Urbis Romae, and later the Gesta or Chronica pontificum.

The earliest mention of the female pope appears in the Dominican Jean de Mailly's chronicle of Metz, Chronica Universalis Mettensis, written in the early 13th century.

* Roger of Hoveden, Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houedene, ed.

The chief work of Severus is the Chronicle ( Chronica, Chronicorum Libri duo or Historia sacra, c. 403 ), a summary of sacred history from the beginning of the world to his own times, with the omission of the events recorded in the Gospels and the Acts, " lest the form of his brief work should detract from the honour due to those events ".

* 1257 – Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for a week straight while compiling his major work of English history, Chronica Majora.

These include Robert of Torigni's work, Roger of Howden's Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi and Chronica, Ralph Diceto's works, William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum, and Gervase of Canterbury's works.

According to the 1463 Chronica Austriae by chronicler Thomas Ebendorfer the duke on 23 May 1420, at the behest of the Church, ordered the imprisonment and forcible conversion of the Jews.

* Matthew Paris, English historian, personally interviews King Henry III of England for an entire week while compiling his major work of English history, Chronica Majora.

Image: Jagelló Ulászló. jpg | Imaginary portrait from Thuróczi János ' Chronica Hungarorum ( Władysław was only 20 when he died )

The most important chronicle of the period is the Chronica Boemorum ( Bohemian Chronicle ) by Kosmas, though it does approach its topics with then-contemporary politics in mind, and attempts to legitimize the ruling dynasty.

* Pertz Chronica ævi Suevici ( Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores 23 ) ( 1874 ): 874 ( Chron.

The first is the Chronica Albeldensia, written at Albelda towards 881, and preserved in the Codex Vigilanus with a continuation to 976.

The Chronica Albeldensis states that this Fafila was a dux of Gallaecia who was killed by Wittiza.

The battle is usually dated to 718 or 719, between the governorships of al-Hurr and as-Sham, though some have dated it as late as 722 and the Chronica Albeldensia mis-dates it to the 740s.

The prophetic and millennialist visions of Beatus produced an enduring mark in the development of the Kingdom of Asturias: the Chronica Prophetica, which was composed circa 880 AD, predicted the final fall of the Emirate of Córdoba, and the conquest and redemption of the entire Iberian peninsula by king Alfonso III.

There are also myths about the Asturian monarchy that are rooted in Jewish and Christian traditions rather than pagan ones: the Chronica ad Sebastianum tells of an extraordinary event that happened when king Alfonso I died.

* Arnaldo, Bishop of Astorga, wrote an account of Alfonso VII's life and reign known as the Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris.

The Laudes Regiae, or song commending a ruler, that was performed at Matilda's coronation may have been composed by Ealdred himself for the occasion.

The historian Michael Lapidge suggests that the Laudes Regiae, which are included in Cotton Vitellius E xii, might have been composed by Ealdred, or a member of his household.

Extensive chronicles, of which the Chronicle of Dalimil and Chronicon Aulae Regiae ( the Zbraslav Chronicle ) are the most striking examples, and artistic prose ( e. g. Smil Flaška z Pardubic and Johannes von Saaz ) were also written.

The Senatus is the next highest level, and it generally has control over the Regiae in a very large area, usually a country or very large territory.

* Papirius, pontifex in 509 BC, was the author of a supposed collection of Leges Regiae, referred to as the Ius Papirianum.

Regiae, to " give adequate recognition to the isolated position of D. regia within the genus.

It is now designated Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis because it is conserved at the University of Cologne.

Adam Teuto, also known as Coloniensis ( flourished 14th century ) was an early German author whose Latin-language writings emphasized ecclesiastical topics.

* Vita Annonis archiepiscopi Coloniensis, R. Koepke ed., MGH Scriptores 11 ( Hannover 1854 ) 462-518.

* Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis, Universität Köln, about 500 manuscripts ( mostly German speaking area, with fotos.