Editing Livonian Chronicle of Henry (section)

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[[File:Henriku kroonika papp.jpg|thumb|A page from a copy of the [[Henry of Latvia]] manuscript]]
The '''''Livonian Chronicle of Henry''''' ({{langx|la|Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae}}) is a [[Latin]] narrative of events in [[Livonia]] (roughly corresponding to today's [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]]) and surrounding areas from 1180 to 1227. It was written {{circa|1229}} by a priest named [[Henry of Latvia|Henry]]. Apart from some references in ''{{Lang|la|Gesta Danorum}}'' – a patriotic work by the 12th-century Danish historian [[Saxo Grammaticus]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hermanson |first1=Lars |title=Friendship and Politics in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum |journal=Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire |date=2005 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=261–284 |doi=10.3406/rbph.2005.4922 }}</ref> – and few mentions in the ''[[Primary Chronicle]]'' compiled in [[Kievan Rus']], the Chronicle of Henry is the oldest known written document about the history of Estonia and Latvia.