The manuscript today known as the “Kleinere Chronik der Äbte von
St. Gallen” (Lesser chronicle of the abbots of St. Gall) is an
autograph; it describes the history of the Monastery of St. Gall
from its beginnings under Abbot Othmar around the year 720 up to
the year 1532, that is, to the period of the Reformation. The
emphasis initially is on the history of the monastery; from the
13th century onward, what appears more and more is the history of
the city of St. Gall, which was able to establish its independence
and the Reformation.
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