Von der Stadt Görckau. Eine Fallstudie zur humanistischen Stadtgeschichtsschreibung in Böhmen aus sprachhistorischer Perspektive

Anotace: The article presents for the first time from the diachronic point of view a chronicle of the town Jirkov in Northwest Bohemia from the end of the sixteenth century. The German written manuscript of this chronicle is currently held in the State District Archives Chomutov in Kadaň (Státní okresní archiv Chomutov se sídlem v Kadani). The article deals with some aspects of the urban historiography writing in humanism like the author’s reflexion in the text of the chronicle, methodology of his historiographic work, language choice and use (German, Latin) and the aspects of German chancery language, especially in the syntax, style and lexis. The study also describes the chronicle as an interesting and important document of written practice in Northwest Bohemia from the textological point of view.