Swedish medieval chronicles

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Swedish medieval chronicles are narrative historical texts from the Middle Ages in Sweden that record and interpret key political, social, and religious events of the Swedish realm.

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Swedish medieval chronicles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historiographical genre
medieval historical sources
narrative historical texts
containsBias dynastic propaganda
pro-noble perspectives
country Sweden
describes Christianization of Sweden NERFINISHED
Swedish foreign wars
Swedish internal power struggles
Swedish kings and dynasties
political events in medieval Sweden
religious events in medieval Sweden
social events in medieval Sweden
developedInPeriod 14th century
15th century
function construction of Swedish national history
legitimization of ruling dynasties
moral and religious instruction
genre annalistic writing
chronicle
hasPart Chronicle of the bishops of Linköping NERFINISHED
Chronicle of the bishops of Strängnäs NERFINISHED
Erikskrönikan NERFINISHED
Karlskrönikan NERFINISHED
Law of Uppland prologues
Sturekrönikan NERFINISHED
Västgötalagen’s king list
influencedBy Danish medieval chronicles
German rhymed chronicles
medieval Latin historiography
language Latin
Old Swedish NERFINISHED
mainSubject history of Sweden
narrativeForm prose
rhymed verse
perspective elite viewpoint
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
relatedTo Scandinavian medieval chronicles
Swedish law codes with historical prologues
studiedIn Nordic medieval studies
historiography research
temporalCoverage Middle Ages NERFINISHED
typicalAuthorship clerics GENERATED
noblemen GENERATED
usedAs primary sources for medieval Swedish history
sources for Swedish political history
sources for medieval Swedish church history
sources for medieval Swedish society

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Engelbrekt rebellion describedBySource Swedish medieval chronicles