"and 16th centuries, when it is in found in a number of English and French manuscripts and books (such as the Sherborne Missal), and as part of stained-glass windows and ornamental carvings in a number of churches (many in East Anglia). The diagram was used heraldically from the mid-13th century, when a shield-shaped version of the diagram (not actually placed on a shield) was included among the c. 1250 heraldic shields in Matthew Paris' ""Chronica Majora"", while the c. 1260 allegorical illustrations of a knight battling the seven deadly sins in a manuscript of William Peraldus' ""Summa Vitiorum"", and of"
"Chronica sancti Pantaleonis The Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, also called the Annales sancti Panthaleonis Coloniensis maximi, is a medieval Latin universal history written at the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pantaleon in Cologne. It was written in 1237 and covers the history of the world in a series of annals from Creation down to the year of composition. A continuation down to 1249 was added later. Up to the year 1199 it relies heavily on other sources; from 1200 it is an independent source. The ""Chronica"" emphasises the four ""great kingdoms"" of ""Daniel"" (the ""regna maxima""). For ancient history, it relies on"
"Chronica (Guillaume de Puylaurens) Cronica (in standard Latin, ""Chronica""; in English, ""Chronicle"") is the short title of a history of Catharism and the Albigensian Crusade by the 13th century Toulousain author Guillaume de Puylaurens. The most important manuscript of the ""Chronica"" (Paris Bibl. Nat. Latin 5212) dates from the early 14th century. It was probably written in or near Toulouse and perhaps belonged to a Dominican foundation such as Prouille. Two further manuscripts are later copies of this one. A fourth (Paris Bibl. Nat. Latin 5213) is of the 16th century but based on an early manuscript now lost. The"
"of the world, composed about the year AD 630 by some representative of the Antiochian scholarly tradition. It dates the creation of Adam to 21 March 5507 BC. For its influence on Greek Christian chronology, and also because of its wide scope, the """"Chronicon Paschale"""" takes its place beside Eusebius, and the chronicle of the monk Georgius Syncellus which was so important in the Middle Ages; but in respect of form it is inferior to these works. The Byzantine Anno Mundi era was the official calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church from c. AD 691 to 1728 in the Ecumenical"
"decades after the spread of printing. Chronica (Guillaume de Puylaurens) Cronica (in standard Latin, ""Chronica""; in English, ""Chronicle"") is the short title of a history of Catharism and the Albigensian Crusade by the 13th century Toulousain author Guillaume de Puylaurens. The most important manuscript of the ""Chronica"" (Paris Bibl. Nat. Latin 5212) dates from the early 14th century. It was probably written in or near Toulouse and perhaps belonged to a Dominican foundation such as Prouille. Two further manuscripts are later copies of this one. A fourth (Paris Bibl. Nat. Latin 5213) is of the 16th century but based on"
"come from the monastery is the ""Codex Sinaiticus"", a 4th-century manuscript of the Septuagint which is of enormous value for textual research of the scriptures. Notable Byzantine monks include: The Byzantine monasteries furnish a long line of historians who were also monks: John Malalas, whose ""hronographia"" served as a model for Eastern chroniclers; Georgius Syncellus, who wrote a ""Selected Chronographia""; his friend and disciple Theophanes (d. 817), Abbot of the ""Great Field"" near Cyzicus, the author of another ""Chronographia""; the Patriarch Nikephoros, who wrote (815 – 829) an historical ""Breviarium"" (a Byzantine history), and an ""Abridged Chronographia""; George the Monk,"
"Chronica Naierensis The Chronica Naierensis or Crónica najerense (originally edited under the title ""Crónica leonesa"") was a late twelfth-century chronicle of universal history composed at the Benedictine monastery of Santa María la Real in Nájera. In Latin it narrates events from Creation to its own time, with a focus on the Bible, classical history, the Visigothic in Spain, and the kingdoms of Castile and León. It was an important model for later Spanish Latin historiographers, notably the ""De rebus Hispaniae"" of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, the ""Chronicon mundi"" of Lucas de Tuy, and the ""Estoria de España"" of the patronage"
"in Matthew's ""Chronica maiora"". The text concerns two kings, King Offa of the Angles, a fourth or fifth-century ancestor figure of the Mercians, and King Offa of Mercia (r. 757-796), through whose lives the text recounts the foundation of St Albans Abbey: Offa of Angel made the vow to found a monastery, while several centuries later, his namesake Offa of Mercia executed this plan on discovering the relics of the British martyr king St Alban and built St Albans Abbey. Although some historical elements are interwoven into the story, Matthew had little reliable information to go on and much of"
"Jans der Enikel Jans der Enikel, i.e. ""Jans the Grandson"" was a Viennese poet and historian of the late 13th century. He wrote a ""Weltchronik"" (history of the world) and a ""Fürstenbuch"" (history of Vienna), both in Middle High German verse. The ""Weltchronik"" tells the history of the world, starting even before the six-day creation by telling of Satan's rebellion in Heaven, and relating the Biblical stories of the Old Testament (oddly not the New), then continuing with Homer and other classical Greek and Roman material, and on down the list of Emperors through Charles the Great to Frederick II,"
"Marianus of Florence Marianus of Florence was a Friar Minor, historian, and chronicler of the Franciscan Order; born in Florence about the middle of the fifteenth century, exact date of birth uncertain; died there, 20 July 1523. Very little is known of his life and personality; none of his chronicles or other works have been published. In his most noted work entitled ""Fasciculus Chronicarum"", there is contained a history of the Franciscan Order from the beginning up to the year 1486. Though it was written three centuries after the death of St. Francis, it is not necessarily untrustworthy, for he"
"Flavius Josephus, Paulus Orosius, Justinus, the Venerable Bede, Regino of Prüm and Petrus Comestor. For more recent events in Germany the annalist used the ""Chronicon universale"" of Frutolf von Michelsberg, the chronicle of Ekkehard von Aura and the ""Chronica regia Coloniensis"". The manuscripts from Brussels and Wolfenbüttel are richly illustrated with images of rulers and genealogical trees. The ""Chronica"" does not seem to have circulated widely outside of the region around Cologne. Chronica sancti Pantaleonis The Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, also called the Annales sancti Panthaleonis Coloniensis maximi, is a medieval Latin universal history written at the Benedictine monastery of Saint"
"Florence of Worcester Florence of Worcester (died 1118), known in Latin as Florentius, was a monk of Worcester, who played some part in the production of the ""Chronicon ex chronicis"", a Latin world chronicle which begins with the creation and ends in 1140. The nature and extent of his contributions remain unclear. The usual starting point for an examination of his career is the notice of his death in the final entry for the year 1118 in the ""Chronicon"": Earlier generations of scholars took this to mean that Florence was the principal author of the chronicle for the entries before"
"two different legendary sources. Cursor Mundi Cursor Mundi (Latin for ""Runner of the World"") is an anonymous Middle-English historical and religious poem of nearly 30,000 lines written around 1300 A.D. The poem summarizes the history of the world as described in the Christian Bible and other sources, with additional material drawn primarily from the Historia Scholastica. It is found, either complete or as a fragment, in ten manuscripts, and in two distinct versions: a so-called ""Northern"" original and a southern adaptation. The southern adaptation has been described as ""an attempt to tailor an older text to a changing market."" The"
"(1122–1156). Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Cluny (or, of Morlaix or Morlay) was a twelfth-century French Benedictine monk, best known as the author of ""De contemptu mundi"" (""On Contempt for the World""), a long verse satire in Latin. Bernard's family of origin and place of birth are not known for certain. Some medieval sources list Morlaàs in Béarn, as his birthplace. However, in some records from that period he is called ""Morlanensis"", which would indicate that he was a native of Morlaix in Brittany. A writer in the ""Journal of Theological Studies"" (1907), Volume 8, pages 354-359, contended that he"
"or 1083, and was buried in Mainz Cathedral. Marianus wrote a ""Chronicon"", which purports to be a universal history from the creation of the world to 1082. The ""Chronicon"" was very popular during the Middle Ages, and in England was extensively used by John of Worcester and other writers. It was first printed at Basel in 1559, and has been edited with an introduction by Georg Waitz for the ""Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores"" (Bd. v). See also W. Wattenbach, ""Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen"" (Bd. ii., 1894). Marianus Scotus of Mainz Marianus Scotus (1028–1082 or 1083), was an Irish monk and chronicler (who"
"in the Hofbibliothek in Vienna. Its title is: ""Chronica"", or ""Annales rerum ab imperatoribus Adolpho, Alberto, Friderico, Ludovico Bavarico et Carolo IV. gestarum"", or again ""Annales imperatorum et paparum"". It is a chronological treatise extending from 1294 to 1362, and consists of two parts. The first part is a sequel to what is called the ""Flores Temporum"", a well-known chronicle of the world's history compiled by a Swabian Franciscan, and reaches to the year 1343; it was probably compiled by an unknown writer about 1346 or 1347. The second part is a history of the twenty years from 1343 to"
"the best edition is in Band xxvi of the ""Monumenta Germaniae historica"" ""Scriptores"", with introduction by Oswald Holder-Egger. Robert has been identified, but on very questionable grounds, with a certain Robert Abolant, an official of the monastery of St Marien, who died in 1214. Robert of Auxerre Robert of Auxerre (c. 1156-1212), French chronicler, was an inmate of the monastery of St Marien at Auxerre. At the request of Milo de Trainel (1155–1202), abbot of this house, he wrote a ""Chronicon"", or universal history, which covers the period between the creation of the world and 1211. For the years previous"
"John of Worcester John of Worcester (died c. 1140) was an English monk and chronicler who worked at Worcester Priory. He is usually held to be the author of the Chronicon ex chronicis. John of Worcester wrote at the year 1066 The ""Chronicon ex chronicis"" is a world wide history which begins with the creation and ends in 1140. The chronological framework of the ""Chronicon"" was presented by the chronicle of Marianus Scotus (d. 1082). A great deal of additional material, particularly relating to English history, was grafted onto it. The greater part of the work, up to 1117 or"
"tract ""De altera vita fideique controversiis adverus Albigensium errores"" against the Cathars, taking inspiration mainly from Isidore and Jerome. In 1236, upon a request from Queen Berenguela, he composed the Chronicon mundi, a four-part chronicle of world history and his ""magnum opus"". Beginning with Creation and ending in 1236, the ""Chronicon"" aspired to give comprehensive coverage to two topics: the world and the Spains. Lucas' principal sources are Isidore, John of Biclar, Hydatius, Orosius, the ""Chronicle of Alfonso III"", the ""Crónica Silense"", and Sampiro. Lucas does contain a few historical titbits which are found nowhere else, but he is not"
"he is occasionally given in manuscripts, John York. John may have been a monk of St Albans Abbey, for his work was early associated with that monastery, and the vicar at Tynemouth was appointed by the prior of the monastic priory at Tynemouth that was a dependent priory of St Albans. John was the author of a chronicle, the ""Historia aurea"", which was a work composed about 1350. It was a history of the world from the creation to 1347. He used as sources a shortened version of the ""Polychronicon"". The ""Historia"" survives in full in manuscripts that were originally"
"compiled his ""World Chronicle"" around 908 sums up his knowledge on the Hungarians in a sole entry under the year 889. Another valuable source is Bishop Liutprand of Cremona's ""Antapodosis"" (""Retribution"") from around 960. Aventinus, a 16th-century historian provides information not known from other works, which suggests that he used now-lost sources. However, his reliability is suspect. An Old Church Slavonic compilation of ""Lives"" of saints preserved an eyewitness account on the Bulgarian-Byzantine war of 894–896. The first ""Life"" of Saint Naum, written around 924, contains nearly contemporary information on the fall of Moravia caused by Hungarian invasions, although its"
"the progress of world history from the creation of the world up to the author's own times, but in practice often narrowing down to a more limited geographical range as it approaches those times. The ""Chronica"" of Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 275–339) is considered to be the starting point of this tradition. The second book of this work consisted of a set of concordance tables (""Chronici canones"") that for the first time synchronized the several concurrent chronologies in use with different peoples. Eusebius' chronicle became known to the Latin West through the translation by Jerome (c. 347–420). Universal chronicles are"
"Historia Caroli Magni Historia Caroli Magni or Historia Karoli Magni et Rotholandi (""History of the life of Charlemagne and Roland""), sometimes known as the Turpin Chronicle or the Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle, is a 12th-century Latin forged chronicle of legendary material about Charlemagne's alleged conquest of Spain. It is also called ""Book IV – The Conquests of Charlemagne"" of the Codex Calixtinus (the oldest known manuscript of the text). The chronicle states it was written by Charlemagne's contemporary Turpin, Archbishop of Reims, but it was found out as a medieval forgery. The work was extremely popular, and served as a major source"
"down to his time, on the ""Chronicon"" of Helinand. Surviving parts of the ""Chronicon"" include Books 1-18, covering the period from the creation to the death of Alexander the Great; fragments from Books 19-44, surviving as copies in the ""Speculum Maius"" of Vincent of Beauvais; the text of books 45-49, which deal with the period from 634 to 1204. Books 45-49 of the ""Chronicon"" serve as a source for the chronicle by the Cistercian monk Aubri de Trois-Fontaines (Alberic of Trois-Fontaines) (c. 1241). According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, ""his chronicle is not sufficiently critical to be of much historical value."""
"being discovered there in 1581. Regino's works are edited in volume 132 of Migne's Patrologia Latina. Regino's earliest work was ""Epistola de harmonica institutione"", a treatise on music which he wrote in the form of a letter to Archbishop Radbod. Its primary objective was to improve the liturgical singing in the churches of the diocese and probably to ensure Radbod's support for this. He also wrote the ""Tonarius"", a collection of chants. Regino's most influential work is his ""Chronicon"", a history of the world from the Incarnation of Jesus Christ to 906 AD. The ""Chronicon"" is a history of the"
"Beatus of Liébana Saint Beatus of Liébana (c. 730 – c. 800) was a monk, theologian and geographer from the former Duchy of Cantabria and Kingdom of Asturias, in modern Cantabria, northern Spain, who worked and lived in the Picos de Europa mountains of the region of Liébana. He is best remembered today as the author of the ""Commentary on the Apocalypse"". Beatus was likely born and raised in Liébana, possibly from a poor family. As confessor to Queen Adosinda, wife of Silo of Asturias, and as teacher of Alcuin of York and Etherius of Osma, Beatus exercised wide influence."
"reference to the title of his supposed work. Matthew of Westminster Matthew of Westminster, long regarded as the author of the ""Flores Historiarum"", is now thought never to have existed. The error was first discovered in 1826 by Francis Turner Palgrave, who said that Matthew was ""a phantom who never existed,"" and later the truth of this statement was completely proved by Henry Richards Luard. The name appears to have been taken from that of Matthew Paris, from whose ""Chronica majora"" the earlier part of the work was mainly copied, and from Westminster Abbey, where the work was partially written."
"Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Cluny (or, of Morlaix or Morlay) was a twelfth-century French Benedictine monk, best known as the author of ""De contemptu mundi"" (""On Contempt for the World""), a long verse satire in Latin. Bernard's family of origin and place of birth are not known for certain. Some medieval sources list Morlaàs in Béarn, as his birthplace. However, in some records from that period he is called ""Morlanensis"", which would indicate that he was a native of Morlaix in Brittany. A writer in the ""Journal of Theological Studies"" (1907), Volume 8, pages 354-359, contended that he belonged"
"Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes The Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes is a medieval chronicle written in Latin, probably around 1290. The chronicle was written by a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Benet's at Holme in Norfolk, made clear by his personal involvement in events related to that abbey, as well as the inclusion of a history of the house. The author is generally supposed to have come from the former village of Oxnead, which lies about ten miles from the abbey. This supposition is supported by the fact that a number of monks at the abbey were given the"
"some musical education, but the more important one of scriptorarius, or superintendent of the copying-room. According to the register it was under Thomas de la Mare, who was abbot from 1350 to 1396, that he held these offices. Before 1388, he compiled a work (""Chronica Majora"") well known at that date as a book of reference. In 1394, he was of standing sufficient to be promoted to the dignity of prior of Wymondham. He ceased to be prior of Wymondham in 1396, and was recalled to St. Albans, where he composed his ""Ypodigma Neustriæ, or Demonstration of Events in Normandy,"""
"Cursor Mundi Cursor Mundi (Latin for ""Runner of the World"") is an anonymous Middle-English historical and religious poem of nearly 30,000 lines written around 1300 A.D. The poem summarizes the history of the world as described in the Christian Bible and other sources, with additional material drawn primarily from the Historia Scholastica. It is found, either complete or as a fragment, in ten manuscripts, and in two distinct versions: a so-called ""Northern"" original and a southern adaptation. The southern adaptation has been described as ""an attempt to tailor an older text to a changing market."" The ""Cursor Mundi"" is divided"
"stretch of territory from Subiaco to Palestrina and from Palestrina to Anagni. She was very much a family saint; and her sanctity had flowered, in life, on Colonna hills. In 1285 Pope Honorius IV granted the monastery of San Silvestro in Capite to her followers, who at that time were incorporated into a formal Franciscan community, adopting the rule of the Sorores minores, which had been approved for Isabelle of France, the sister of Louis IX of France, in 1263. After the first ""Life"" written by Giovanni Colonna, a second was composed by a woman named Stefania, who had been"
"his universal history, ""Polychronicon"", so extensively in fact, that his manuscripts have been useful in establishing a good text of his source. The existence of Magister Gregorius's work had been known since the mid-nineteenth century from Higden's mention of him as a source. Magister Gregorius, known to us only from passing remarks in his Prologue, did not depend on other accounts of Rome, though he had read ""De septem miraculis mundi"" attributed to Bede. He was not a pilgrim, for he remarks on pilgrims with scorn, but a man with business at Rome, a member of an unidentified but literate"