The Chronicle of Bernold, a monk of Saint Blaise orBlasien abbey, aka Bernold of Constance (11th century) does not have many mentions of Suavs and it is a rather late chronicle for purposes of this site but the few mentions it has are interesting. Here are those mentions in the translation by Ian Stuart Robinson from his “The Swabian Chronicles.” The abbey itself was in the Black Forest. The notes come from that editor.
1067
“Saxony was afflicted by civil strife. The Normans wished to make a hostile advance on Rome. Bishop Burchard of Halberstadt courageously wrought destruction* among the people of the Liutizi…”
* This expedition of Burchard II (1066-1085) took place in 1068.
1069
“…King Henry brought destruction to the people of the Liutizi…”
1077
“The duke of the Poles crowned himself king.* A very great quantity of snow covered the whole kingdom from 31 October of the previous year until 26 March of the present year… King Rudolf, however, celebrated Easter with the greatest splendour in Augsburg with the legates of the apostolic see… After Easter the king held a great assembly with the princes of the kingdom in Esslingen. When this was over, he went with an extremely small body of men to lay siege to a certain fortress. But behold! His rival Henry unexpectedly arrived with a very great host of Bohemians and Bavarians, whose services he was suddenly able to purchase with church property. The king would most willingly ave encountered them, even with the few men whom he had with him at that time, if his princes had not judged it more prudent to defer the encounter to another time. Henry, therefore, took the opportunity to lay waste all the surrounding lands with unceasing plundering and with fire and sword and also to hold men captive like cattle. For his supporters from Bohemia preyed on men more willingly than on cattle so that they might inhumanely prostitute them to satisfy their lust and afterwards even more inhumanely sell them to be eaten by wild men…”
* Bolesuav II the Bold, duke of Poland (1058-1076), king (1076-1083).
1087
“..A that time also Henry, although ill, led an expedition into Saxony with the Bohemians. But since Saint Peter protected his vassals he withdrew from there ingloriously and extremely hastily. For King Herman pursued him with so great a host of Saxons that eh could very easily have seized him, had he not escaped through the cunning of Count Ekbert…”
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