The
Annals of Quedlinburg (, ) were written between 1008 and 1030 in the
convent of
Quedlinburg Abbey. In recent years a consensus has emerged that the annalist was a woman. The annals are mostly dedicated to the history of the
Holy Roman Empire; they also contain the first written mention of the
name of Lithuania ("Litua"), dated to 1009. The original document has disappeared, surviving only as a 16th-century copy held in
Dresden, but its contents endure as a scholarly resource.