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Of this work only portions, containing the biographies of William of Rosenberg and of his brother, Lord Peter, the last of the Rosenbergs, have reached us. From recent researches

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probable that the German Rosenmonk of the monastery bergische Chronica of Heerman, of Wittingau (Tfebon), an abridged translation of the lost parts of Bfezan's book. In any case, the parts of Bfezan's work that have been preserved in Bohemian are sufficient to prove that the work was far more than mere family record, and that of great value for the social as well as for the political history of Bohemia. The two biographies convey vivid impression of the court life (for can hardly be otherwise described) of the great Bohemian nobles during the period that preceded the battle of the White Mountain. true that the position of the Lords of Rosenberg, the first of the Bohemian nobles, was somewhat exceptional one. This appears very clearly from the letters, published by Bfezan, which were interchanged between the members of the imperial family and the Lords of Rosenberg. Of the two biographies, that of WilHam of Rosenberg, the the more valuable less interesting of the two brothers, WiUiam held several important appointments one. under the Imperial Government, and Bfezan gives very clear outline of his official career. Very interesting are Bfezan's notes, which refer to the proposed election of Lord William to the Polish throne. He tells us that "the Lord of Rosenberg had then many adherents among the Polish nobles, more indeed than the House of Austria and do not say this to harm or disparage Bfezan further tells us that that illustrious House." " the Poles, after they had thus been mocked (by the is

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