Thietmar und Bolesław. Der Merseburger Bischof als Chronist und der Beherrscher des östlichen Grenzgebietes des deutschen Reiches
Thietmar and Bolesław. The Bishop of Merseburg as a chronicler and the ruler of the eastern border region of the German Empire

Summary/Abstract: For a long time, Thietmar has had a bad reputation in Polish medieval studies as a chronicler who hated Bolesław Chrobry. We attempt to show how superficial the premises underlying such an opinion are. Thietmar does not fundamentally dispute Bolesław's high position within the Saxon aristocracy (or his associated dignity), but he often has to judge him as a fierce opponent of the German king, and this is the source of the insults directed at him. The Bishop of Merseburg does not demonise Bolesław, as Helmut Lippelt has already noted, and he does not stigmatise the Polish duke as a „Sclavus”.

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