Livonian Rhymed Chronicle

Livonian Rhymed Chronicle
Livländische Reimchronik
Page 1r of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 367, showing the opening lines of the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle
Author(s)Anonymous
AudiencePresumed to be the members of the Livonian Order
LanguageMiddle High German
Datec. 1290s[1])
Manuscript(s)Codex Palatinus Germanicus 367
GenreChronicle
Verse formRhyming couplets
Length12,017 lines
SubjectLivonian Crusade
Period coveredFrom 1143 to 1290 CE

The Livonian Rhymed Chronicle[2] (German: Livländische Reimchronik) is a chronicle written in Middle High German by an anonymous author. It covers the period 1180 to 1343 and contains a wealth of detail about Livonia (present-day south Estonia and Latvia).