Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum

Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum (Polish: Kronika polsko-śląska, Polish-Silesian Chronicle) or simply Chronicon Polonorum^[1] is a medieval Polish chronicle based on Wincenty Kadłubek's Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae^[2] and the anonymous poem Carmen Mauri,^[3] with additional information on the history of Silesia.^[2] The date of its creation is uncertain and estimated at late 13th century, circa 1280^[2] or at the turn of the century.^[3] The unknown author might have been a Cistercian monk from the Lubiąż Abbey.^[3]

The work was likely ordered by Henry IV of Silesia.^[2]

Its text edited as Chronicon Polonorum/Kronika Polska by Ludwik Ćwikliński was published 1878 in Monumenta Poloniae Historica, vol. 3.^[4][5]

Editions

• Anonymous; et al. (Nakł. Akademii Umiejętności) (1878). "Chronica Polonorum". In Ćwikliński, Ludwik (ed.). Monumenta Poloniae historica: Pomniki dziejowe Polski. Vol. 3. Lwów: Gubrynowicz i Schmidt. pp. 607–609. (in Latin)