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    Matthew Paris, also known as Matthew of Paris (Latin: Matthæus Parisiensis, lit. 'Matthew the Parisian'; c. 1200 – 1259), was an English Benedictine monk...
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    particular writings of Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris. These early historians, including Archbishop Matthew Parker, were influenced by contemporary concerns...
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  • Matthew of Westminster was long regarded as the author of the Flores Historiarum (in fact written by Matthew Paris), and is now thought never to have existed...
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    British Library (Cotton MS Otho B V), and in the version adapted by Matthew Paris which forms the first part of his Chronica Majora (ed. Henry Richards...
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    Dallas–Fort Worth. February 10, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2015. Boyd, Matthew. "Paris officers remember deadly tornado of 1982". Archived from the original...
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    burning, beheading, and quartering. The 13th-century English chronicler Matthew Paris described how in 1238 "a certain man at arms, a man of some education...
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    The Chronica Majora is the seminal work of Matthew Paris, a member of the English Benedictine community of St Albans and long-celebrated historian. The...
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    school of Paris. The earliest historical reference to it is found in Matthew Paris's reference to the studies of his own teacher (an abbot of St Albans)...
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  • clerico et puella) The Orphan of Zhao (趙氏孤兒 Zhaoshi guer) c. 1200 – Matthew Paris, English chronicler and monk (died 1259) 1200 – Rudolf von Ems, German...
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    established by two chroniclers writing after his death, Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris, the latter claiming that John attempted conversion to Islam in exchange...
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    direct intervention of King Henry III. It was further bolstered by Matthew Paris' account of the events, and by Edward I's support for the cult after...
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    spent his wandering days proselytizing and leading a hermit's life. Matthew Paris included this passage from Roger of Wendover in his own history; and...
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  • services; and called "Curtein" in the Chronicle of 13th-century monk Matthew Paris, in which he identifies it with the "Sword of Edward the Confessor"...
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    Palace Library, and the Chronica Majora and Liber Additamentorum of Matthew Paris. The process of appointment is not known, but the names were drawn almost...
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    Brown 1976, p. 62. Oman 1991, p. 33. Lewis, Suzanne (1987). The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora. California studies in the history of art. Vol...
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    Michaelmas, 29 September. His death is recorded by his contemporary Matthew Paris (d.1259) in his Historia Anglorum thus: Obiit Will's de Cantelupo; Anno...
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    Ireland. The first known irruption, recorded in England by the chronicler Matthew Paris, was in 1254; the next, also in England, appears to have been in 1593...
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  • attended. This meeting was recorded by the contemporary chronicler Matthew Paris, who disparaged both Alexander and Otho. Henry and Alexander had a history...
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    Henry G. Bohn, p. 314 (Eng. tr.) Matthew Paris Yonge, C. D. (1853), The Flowers of History, … collected by Matthew of Westminster, vol. 1, London: Henry...
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    5.107377. Paris, M. (1968). Matthew Paris's English history from the year 1235 to 1273. New York: AMS Press. Menache, Sophia. "Matthew Paris". The Crusades...
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  • Huntingdon (Historia Anglorum), Roger of Wendover (Flores Historiarum), and Matthew Paris (Chronica Majora) substitute the name Eorcenwine (Erkenwine, Erchenwine)...
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  • is based on the writings by Roger of Howden, Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris. Electronic version of this work digitised by the Anglo-Norman hub project...
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    Seventh Crusade. According to Matthew Paris, only 2 Templars, 1 Hospitaller and one ‘contemptible person’ escaped. Matthew Paris, Louis IX`s Crusade, p. 14/...
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    Press 1976 Paris, Matthew, The Chronicles of Matthew Paris (Matthew Paris: Chronica Majora) translated by Helen Nicholson 1989. Paris, Matthew, Roger of...
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    12th century. A simple blazon of or, a cross argent is documented by Matthew Paris as the arms of John de Brienne, who had been king of Jerusalem during...
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    across medieval Europe as Philip Augustus expanded the royal domain. Matthew Paris notes how during a 1231 rebellion against King Henry II of England in...
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    The animal attracted crowds of onlookers including the chronicler Matthew Paris who produced two drawings of it. The elephant survived in the Tower...
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  • Delpy on Lolo". Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved 10 May 2016. Ross, Matthew. "Paris by Day". FilmMaker. No. Spring 2004. Independent Filmmaker Project...
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    in her old age Richard of Devizes described her as beautiful, while Matthew Paris, writing in the 13th century, recalled her "admirable beauty", a common...
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    Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 to his death...
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