The library of the Czech historian Tomaš Pešina of Čechorod who lived in the time after the White Mountain is nowadays part of the family library of the Wallensteins which is housed at the castle in Mnichovo Hradiště. This article focuses on the series of chronicles coming from the estate of Pešina and created around the mid 14th century. The codex contains both copies of national chronicles (Chronicle by Bartošek of Drahonice, Chronicle by Přibik Pulkava of Radonin and Old Czech Annals) and chronicles of the Mladá Boleslav Town and Žatec Town.
The Franciscan Library at St. Mary of the Snow in Prague holds a manuscript of a Kadaň Town Chronicle not quoted by special literature till now. The manuscript dates from the end of the 16th century and describes the history of the town from its origin in the year 829 – this part was overtaken from the Chronicle by Václav Hájek of Libočany – untill the days of its author, till the year 1599.
The Memorial Book of the central Bohemia town of Velvary started in 1576, ranks among noteworthy early modern age memorial books. A number of municipal scribes took part in its production. Besides official records it contains a number of chronicle entries that portray the town´s life until the last quarter of the 18th century. It comprises the oldest depiction of the Velvary town coat of arms dating from 1807.
This article focuses on narrative sources for the town histories which are part of the Manuscript collection of the National Museum in Prague. It refers to Early Modern Times historiographic works coming from the following towns: České Budějovice, Horní Blatná, Cheb, Jáchymov, Klatovy, Plzeň, Prachatice, Sedlčany, Vysoké Mýto, and Trutnov.
This study deals with the historiography of the mining town Jáchymov. In the 16th century a few historiographic works originated, the most attractive of which being the chronicle by Johan Mathesius, a pastor in Jáchymov, and his folllowers. The works by Johan Seltenreich and David Hüter, local scribes, are less known. The writings are housed in the Jáchymov Municipal Archive and in the National Museum Archive in Prague.
The manuscript collection of the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians Library in Strahov, Prague, currently houses over three thousand manuscripts (plus almost 700 manuscript fragments). A catalogue by Bohumil Ryba helps us to find our bearings in the collection for shelf marks DF–DU. Shelf marks DA–DE have not to date been made available for printing. This study provides an inventory of early modern manuscripts compiled between 1526 and 1620 with shelf mark DA–DE.
The Zittau library of Christian Weise has an extensive collection of manuscripts, among which we find a number of early modern-era chronicles relating particularly to the six towns of the Lusatian League. One of these is the Zittau Chronicle by Tobiáš Schnürer from the 16th century, preserved in a later transcription, in which he chronologically recorded the most important events of his era, including the names of members of the Town Council. Memorial and chronicle records are also included in a collection of manuscripts by Abraham Frenzel (1656-1740). This includes a preserved transcription of an early modern-era chronicle of Sorau (Żary), which details the problems of life in the town and the local authority at the time. Another of Frenzel's preserved manuscripts describes the journey through Europe made by Michael Frank at the end of the sixteenth century, including his visit to Bohemia.