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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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    sometimes confused with the nonexistent Matthew of Westminster. His Chronica Majora is a renowned Medieval work, in many cases being a key source for mid-13th...
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  • H. W. C. Davis Chronica Majora, Matthew Paris; Vol i. pp. 440,422. Chronica Majora, Matthew Paris; Vol iii. p. 153. Chronica Majora, Matthew Paris; Vol...
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    1991, p. 33. Lewis, Suzanne (1987). The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora. California studies in the history of art. Vol. 21. University of California...
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    eagle in the West, attributed to Otto IV, is found in a copy of the Chronica Majora of Matthew of Paris (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Parker MS 16...
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    double-headed eagle is attributed as the arms of Frederick II in the Chronica Majora (c. 1250). In 1433 the double-headed eagle was adopted by Sigismund...
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    on the 1593 outbreak is given in William Wats's edition of Paris's Chronica Majora (London, 1640). Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria...
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    in his attempt to recruit Haakon IV and wrote of the Crusade in his Chronica Majora but did not travel to the Holy Land. Louis’ expenses on the Crusade...
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    version adapted by Matthew Paris which forms the first part of his Chronica Majora (ed. Henry Richards Luard, Rolls Series, seven volumes). The sources...
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    cruelty during the Mongol invasion of Europe, and a drawing in the Chronica Majora (compiled by Matthew Paris) shows Mongol fighters spit-roasting a human...
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    was included among the c. 1250 heraldic shields in Matthew Paris' Chronica Majora, while the c. 1260 allegorical illustrations of a knight battling the...
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    History of the Jews in England and Edict of Expulsion. Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora, ed. H. R. Luard, London, 1880, v. 340–341 Anderson 1991, pp. 22–23...
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    a Reading Abbey manuscript now in Lambeth Palace Library, and the Chronica Majora and Liber Additamentorum of Matthew Paris. The process of appointment...
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    Paris, Matthew (1991) [First published 1908; republished 1991]. "Chronica Majora (excerpt)". In Anderson, Alan Orr; Anderson, Marjorie O (eds.). Scottish...
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    of the double-headed Imperial Eagle dates to the mid-13th century (Chronica Majora, c. 1250; Segar's Roll, c. 1280). The German kings continued use of...
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    alleged events at Coldingham date to the 13th century. They include Chronica majora, and both the Wendover and Paris versions of Flores historiarum. According...
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    Tower of London. A drawing by the historian Matthew Paris for his Chronica Majora can be seen in his bestiary at Parker Library of Corpus Christi College...
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    Lewis, Suzanne; Paris, Matthew (1987), The art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica majora, California: University of California Press, ISBN 978-0-520-04981-9...
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    caused a sensation. Chronicler Matthew Paris recorded the event in his Chronica Majora and noted that "people flocked together to see the novel sight". Paris...
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    sketched and, in some cases, water-coloured, in the margins of the Chronica Majora. Paris first met Henry in 1236 and enjoyed an extended relationship...
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    shield, attributed to Frederick II of Hohenstaufen, is found in the Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris (circa 1250). Segar's Roll (circa 1280) likewise depicts...
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    to William I and his successors Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, John and Henry III by Matthew Paris in Historia Anglorum and Chronica Majora in the 1250s....
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    William III de Braose (d.1211) by Matthew Paris in Historia Anglorum, Chronica Majora, Part III (1250–59) British Library MS Royal 14 C VII f. 29v (shown...
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    Sandwich, Kent). Drawn from life by the historian Matthew Paris for his Chronica Majora, it was the first elephant to be seen in England since Claudius' war...
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    The defeat of the Crusaders at Gaza, depicted in the Chronica majora of Matthew Paris, 13th century...
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    University Press. Lewis, Suzanne (1987). The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora. University of California Press. Marshall, Christopher John (1987)...
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  • Anglorum), Roger of Wendover (Flores Historiarum), and Matthew Paris (Chronica Majora) substitute the name Eorcenwine (Erkenwine, Erchenwine) as his father...
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    Organization of the Mongols' War Expeditions, 35–6. Paris, Matthew. Chronica Majora, 339–42. Nicolle, David[page needed] Jackson, 62. Gustav Strakosch-Grassmann...
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    Cambridge Corpus Christi College Parker Library MS 16 II, fol. 170r (Chronica Majora, c. 1250). "Medieval copper alloy armorial mount". Museum Wales. Retrieved...
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    Medieval illumination depicting Kings Edmund Ironside (left) and Cnut (right), from the Chronica Majora written and illustrated by Matthew Paris....
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