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Swiss illustrated chronicles

Manuscript works of Swiss history, 1423–1631 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swiss illustrated chronicles
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Several illustrated chronicles were created in the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th and 16th centuries. They were luxurious illuminated manuscripts produced for the urban elite of Bern and Lucerne, and their copious detailed illustrations allow a unique insight into the politics and daily life of late medieval Switzerland on the eve of the Reformation. The most important of these chronicles are the works of the two Diebold Schillings, their luxurious execution, as well as their content reflecting the growing confidence and self-esteem of the leaders of the confederacy after their spectacular successes in the Burgundian Wars.

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Execution of the defenders of Greifensee during the Old Zürich War 1444, from Schodeler's chronicle, ca. 1515
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References

  • Baumann, Carl G.: Über die Entstehung der ältesten Schweizer Bilderchroniken, 1971. ISBN 3-7272-0405-2.
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