Annals of Quedlinburg

Annals of Quedlinburg
The first written instance of the name of Lithuania in the entry for 1009, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Q.113, fol 31r.
Original titleAnnales Quedlinburgenses
LanguageLatin
SubjectHistory

The Annals of Quedlinburg (Latin: Annales Quedlinburgenses; German: Quedlinburger Annalen) were written between 1008 and 1030 in the convent of Quedlinburg Abbey. In recent years a consensus has emerged that it is likely that the annalist was a woman. The annals are mostly dedicated to the history of the Holy Roman Empire; they also contain the first written mention of the names of Lithuania and Poland. The original document has disappeared, surviving only as a 16th-century copy held in Dresden, but its contents endure as a scholarly resource.

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