 The author does not only tell the stories of shining examples of nobility, but he also gives proof of bad examples.He clearly condemns some of his more spendthrift ancestors for selling family goods and hence giving away economic and political power.The Zimmern Chronicle begins with the history of the Cimbri, an ancient Germanic tribe, and tells the story of the Cimbri's forced relocation to the Black Forest under the reign of Charlemagne.