Chronica Slavorum, original title: Chronica Sclavorum
Chronicle of the Slavs
Chronica Slavorum translated to Polish language by Jan Papłoński in 1862.
Language	Latin
Date	1168–1169
Genre	History

The Chronica Sclavorum or Chronicle of the Slavs is a medieval chronicle which recounts the pre-Christian culture and religion of the Polabian Slavs, written by Helmold (c. 1120 – after 1177), a Saxon priest and historian. It describes events related to northwest Slavic tribes known as the Wends up to 1171.^[1]

History

It is a continuation of Adam of Bremen's Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church and was in turn continued by Arnold of Lübeck's Chronica Slavorum.

References

See also

• De Administrando Imperio, 10th-century Byzantine work which also accounts of neighbouring nations
• Primary Chronicle, 12th-century Slavic work about the Kievan Rus'

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