The Eidgenössische Chronik by Werner Schodoler (1490-1541) is in
chronological order the last of the illustrated Swiss Chronicles of
the late Middle Ages. It was written by private initiative between
1510 and 1535 and took as its model primarily the Official Bernese
Chronicle - Amtliche Berner Chronik - by Diebold Schilling and the
Chronicle - Kronica - by Petermann Etterlin. This volume, the third
and last of the Chronicle, presents the events of the Burgundian
Wars and the Swabian War; it ends with the Italian military
campaigns, among others the Battle of Marignano on September 13th
and 14th 1515, in which presumably the author himself took part.
The volume is illustrated with 196 uncolored pen sketches by an
anonymous artist. Today the three volumes are held in different
libraries: the first volume is in the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek in
Überlingen, the second in the City Archives in Bremgarten, and the
third in the Cantonal Library of Aargau.
