# List of Hungarian chronicles

This is a list of Hungarian chronicles and related gestas and legends which treat early and medieval Hungarian history. The original source of all extant Hungarian chronicles was the lost Gesta Ungarorum, which was written in the 11th century.
The 14th-century Hungarian chronicle composition, which itself was produced by the compilation of several older gestas and chronicles made at different times, It narrates history from biblical times.
The manuscripts were compared to the Buda Chronicle and the Illuminated Chronicle from the perspective of the kinship of texts; thus, a group of other Hungarian chronicles were named after the Buda Chronicle: the so-called Buda Chronicle family. And another group of other Hungarian chronicles were named after the Illuminated Chronicle: the so-called Illuminated Chronicle family, which preserved more extensive passages of text with several interpolations. The 14th-century Acephalus Codex, the 15th-century Sambucus Codex, the Vatican Codex, and the aforementioned Dubnic Chronicle made in 1479 belong to the Buda Chronicle family.

## List of Hungarian chronicles

| Date | Name | Author | Language | Description |
| 11th century | Ancient Gesta | | | The earliest Hungarian chronicle, its text was expanded and rewritten several times in the 12th–14th centuries. |
| 1080 | Greater Legend of Saint Stephen | | | |
| 1083 | Lesser Legend of Saint Stephen | | | |
| 11th century | Life of King Stephen of Hungary by Hartvik | Bishop Hartvik | | |
| 1100s | Gesta Ladislai regis | | | |
| 1200s | Gesta Hungarorum Latin for "The Deeds of the Hungarians" | Anonymus | Latin | The principal subject of the chronicle is the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 9th century, and it writes of the origin of the Hungarians, identifying the Hungarians' ancestors with the ancient Scythians and Huns. |
| 1203 | Annales Posonienses Latin for "Annals of Pozsony" | | | |
| 1220s–1230s | Hungarian–Polish Chronicleoriginal title Cronica Ungarorum juncta et mixta cum cronicis Polonorum, et vita sancti Stephani Latin for "Chronicle of the Hungarians Attached to and Mixed with Chronicles of the Poles, and the Life of Saint Stephen" | | Latin | |
| Around 1243–1244 | Carmen miserabileoriginal title Carmen miserabile super destructione regni Hungariae per Tartaros Latin for "Sad Song for the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tartars" | Master Roger | Latin | It was preserved in an appendix of the 15th-century Thuróczy Chronicle. |
| Around 1271 | Gesta Stephani V | Magister Ákos | | |
| Around 1282–1285 | Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum Latin for "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians" | Simon of Kéza | Latin | |
| 1333–1334 | Minorite Chronicle of Buda | | Latin | |
| 14th century | 14th-century Hungarian chronicle composition | | | |
| 1330 | Anjou Legendarium | | Latin | The medieval legendarium of more than 140 pages contains images and scenes of the life of Jesus, Hungarian bishop Saint Gerard, Prince Saint Emeric of Hungary, King Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary, and of many other legendary Christians. |
| 1334 | Zágráb Chronicle | | | |
| 1352–1353 | Mügeln Chronicle | Heinrich von Mügeln | German | |
| 1358 | Chronicon Pictum Latin for "Illuminated Chronicle" (Illuminated Chronicle family) | Mark of Kalt | Latin | The 147 pictures of the chronicle represent a large source of information on medieval Hungarian history. |
| 1361 | Chronicon Rithmicum | Heinrich von Mügeln | | |
| 1374 | Várad Chronicle | | | |
| 14th century | Long Life of Saint Gerard | | | |
| 14th century | Acephalus Codex (Buda Chronicle family) | | Latin | |
| 14th century | Chronicon de Ludovico rege | John of Küküllő | Latin | |
| 14th century | Anonymus Minorita Chronica | | Latin | |
| 14th century | Munich Chronicle | | | |
| 14th century | Kaprina Codex | | | |
| 1431 | Csepreg Codex (Illuminated Chronicle family) | | | |
| 15th century | Sambucus Codex (Buda Chronicle family) | | Latin | |
| 1460 | Drági compendium | | | |
| 1462 | Teleki Codex (Illuminated Chronicle family) | | | |
| 1473 | Buda Chronicleoriginal title Chronica Hungarorum Latin for "Chronicle of the Hungarians" | András Hess | Latin | The first book ever printed in Hungary. This book is the first example, that the printing history of a country begin with the publication of the history of a people. |
| 1479 | Dubnic Chronicleoriginal title Chronica de gestis Hungarorum Latin for "Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians" (Buda Chronicle family) | | | |
| 15th century | Knauz Chronicle | | | |
| 15th century | Szepesszombat Chronicle | | | |
| | Chronicon Posoniense | | | |
| 15th century | Vatican Codex | | | |
| 15th century | Béldi Codex (Illuminated Chronicle family) | | | |
| 1488 | Thuróczy Chronicleoriginal title Chronica Hungarorum Latin for "Chronicle of the Hungarians" (Illuminated Chronicle family) | Johannes Thuróczy | Latin | The chronicle describes the history of Hungarians from the earliest times to 1487. The chronicle contains hand-colored woodcuts depicting 41 Hungarian kings and leaders. The Augsburg edition of the chronicle is the first known print made with gold paint. |
| 1490 | Epitome rerum Hungarorum Latin for "A Brief Summary of the History of the Hungarians" | Pietro Ranzano | Latin | The chronicle is the first Hungarian historical work with a humanist spirit. |
| 1497 | Rerum Hungaricarum decades Latin for "Decades of Hungarian History" | Antonio Bonfini | Latin | Up until the end of the 18th century, this work served as primary source for Hungarian history in the European academic thought. |
| 1510 | Legend of Saint Margaret | | | |
| 1527 | Érdy Codex | | | The codex is the largest collection of Hungarian legends, and greatest volume of Hungarian language in history. |
| 1534 | Der Hungern Chronicaoriginal title Der Hungern Chronica, inhaltend wie sie anfengklich ins Land kommen sind, mit Anzeygung aller irer König, vnd was sie namhafftigs gethon haben. Angefangen von irem ersten König Athila, vn[d] volfüret biss auff König Ludwig, so im 1526. Jar bey Mohatz vom Türcken vmbekommen ist Old German for "The Chronicle of the Hungarians, Which Includes the History of Their Conquest, Presents All Their Kings and What Remarkable Things They Accomplished. From Their First King, Attila, to King Louis, Who Met His Death at Mohács in 1526 by the Turks" | Hans Hauge zum Freistein | German | |
| 1543/1566 | Tarih-i Üngürüs Ottoman Turkish for "The History of the Hungarians" | Mahmud Tercüman | Ottoman Turkish | Mahmud Tercüman translated it from a Hungarian chronicle found after the Siege of Székesfehérvár in 1543. |
| 1559 | Székely Chronicleoriginal title Chronica ez vilagnak jeles dolgairol Hungarian for "Chronicle About the Famous Events of the World" | István Székely | Hungarian | |
| 1575 | Heltai Chronicleoriginal title Chronica az magyaroknac dolgairol: mint iöttek ki a nagy Scythiábol Pannoniaban, Es mint foglaltac magoknac az orſzagot: Es mint birtác aßt Herczegröl Herczegre: Es Kiralyrol Kiralyra, nagy ſok tuſakodaſockal es ſzamtalan ſoc viadallyockal Old Hungarian for "Chronicle About the Deeds of the Hungarians: How They Came Out From Scythia to Pannonia, and How They Conquered the Country for Themselves: And How They Ruled It From for Prince to Prince, and From King to King, With Many Great Battles and Numerous Fights" | Gáspár Heltai | Hungarian | |
| 1664 | Nádasdy Mausoleumoriginal title Mausoleum potentissimorum ac gloriosissimorum Regni Apostolici Regum et primorum militantis Ungariae Ducum Latin for "The Mausoleum of the Most Powerful and Glorious Apostolic Kingdom and the Kings and Military Leaders of Hungary" | Count Ferenc Nádasdy | Latin, German | The chronicle contains 60 full-page images of Hungarian kings and leaders. |
| 1740 | Macar Tarihi Ottoman Turkish for "Hungarian History" | | Ottoman Turkish | |