"Mit syns selbes hand (…) auch vil andere erbar lude ermordet" : die Verwertung der Absetzungsurkunde Wenzels IV. in der reichsstädtischen Chronistik des 15. Jahrhunderts
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"Mit syns selbes hand (…) auch vil andere erbar lude ermordet" : die Verwertung der Absetzungsurkunde Wenzels IV. in der reichsstädtischen Chronistik des 15. Jahrhunderts "With his own hands he though killed a lot of respectable people" : the deposition letter of Wenceslas IV. and its use in the 15th century chronicles from imperial towns Využití sesazovací listiny Václava IV. v kronikářství říšských měst 15. století
The bad fame of bohemian king Wenceslas IV, which was deposed by the roman electors in 1400, derives also from their well composed deposition letter, since it became the most important explanatory reference to the contemporary historiographers in the Roman Empire. The article enlightens its different influence phases as well as the slow transformation of its legal arguments into a spectrum of defaming narratives.