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Gesta Hungarorum
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Gesta Hungarorum, or The Deeds of the Hungarians, is the earliest Hungarian chronicle which has survived for posterity. It was written in Latin by an unidentified author who has traditionally been cal
First page of the manuscript written in Medieval Latin
First page of the manuscript written in Medieval Latin
The Gesta Hungarorum
The Gesta Hungarorum
An 11th-century copy of the Annals of Fulda—an important contemporaneous source of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
An 11th-century copy of the Annals of Fulda—an important contemporaneous source of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
Statue of Anonymus, the author of the Gesta Hungarorum in Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest. (Miklós Ligeti, 1903)
Statue of Anonymus, the author of the Gesta Hungarorum in Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest. (Miklós Ligeti, 1903)
Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum
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The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum is a medieval chronicle written mainly by Simon of Kéza around 1282–1285. It is one of the sources of early Hungarian history. It is also known as the Gesta Hungarorum
Gesta Hungarorum
…immediate aftermath of the conquest. Many historians—including Carlile Aylmer Macartney and András Róna-Tas—agree that Simon of Kéza's chronicle (the Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum, named so to differentiate it from this work), the Illuminated Chronicle and other works composed in the 13th–15th centuries preserved texts which had…
First page of the Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum
First page of the Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum