GESTA HUNNORUM ET HUNGARORUM

The 'Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum' ("Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") or just 'Gesta Hungarorum (II)' ("Deeds of the Hungarians") written mainly by Simon of Kéza around 1282-1285 is one of the sources of early Hungarian history. ^[1]
The date of release is based on that while the book contains the battle of Hódtó (1282), it does not mention the Tatar invasion of 1285, which nearly destroyed the Kingdom of Hungary. The book is basically the expansion of the Gesta Hungaronum, written around 1200, with the prehistory and the aftermath.¹
The book combines the Hunnish legend with history. The work consists of two parts:

★ the Hunnish legend (or Hunnish Chronicle) - mainly from other chronicles mentioned above, expanded with Hungarian oral tales¹

★ History of the Kingdom of Hungary since Gesta Hungaronum (cca 1200), whose author might be either Simon of Kéza or Magister Ákos, the provost of Buda.
Simon of Kéza was a court cleric of King Ladislaus IV. (reigned 1272–1290). He travelled widely in Italy, France and Germany and culled his epic and poetic materials from a broad range of readings.
By of Kéza's own admission, he used the contemporary German, Italian and French chronicles, but it has been proved, that he freely used Hungarian sources also.¹
The ''Gesta'' was edited and translated in 1999 by László Veszprémy and Frank Schaer, for the Central European University.

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See also

★ Gesta Hungarorum.

★ Sources of early Hungarian history.

Sources

1. http://www.mult-kor.hu/cikk.php?article=8792

Links

★ Hungarian translation of Simon's Gesta.

★ Article about Simon of Kéza and ~