Chronicle of the Slavs
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Helmold of Bosau's Chronicle of the Slavs (Chronica Slavorum) is a historical work completed around 1172. It details the history of the lower Elbe River region from approximately 800 to 1170. The chronicle focuses on the Saxon colonization of the area east of the Elbe and the Christianization of its Slavic inhabitants. It also serves as a contemporary account of Henry the Lion's reign as Duke of Saxony. The Chronicle of the Slavs is distinct from The Primary Chronicle, a Kyivan Rus' historical work covering the early history of the eastern Slavs up to the early 12th century. Slavs are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic group in Europe, primarily residing in eastern and southeastern Europe.123
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… recorded in Chronica Slavorum (Chronicle of the Slavs) his surprise in encountering among the Slavs on the Baltic a belief in a single heavenly God, who ignored the affairs of this world, having delegated the governance of it to certain spirits begotten by him. This is the only instance…
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…which name appears in Helmold’s Chronica Slavorum (c. 1172). Porenut, Perun’s son, is mentioned by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in the early 13th century.
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