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Part II: Chronicles Introduction to Part II A large proportion of evidence for heresy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries comes from chronicles, 1 but by the thirteenth century they do not loom quite so large in comparison to other genres (most obviously inquisitorial evidence). Nonetheless, and particularly for the earlier part of the thirteenth century, they provide evidence of events which are otherwise not visible to us. This is particularly the case with the prosecution of heresy in northern France, which has
Elizabethan chroniclers and parliament Chapter 6 Elizabethan chroniclers and parliament Ian W. Archer C hronicles, annalistic in form and eclectic in content, remained the dominant form of historical writing for much of Elizabeth’s reign, only displaced by the new humanist histories from the 1590s onwards. Through the prolific labours of John Stow chronicles were made available in varying formats and at different prices which broadened their audience. Chroniclers recycled material from each other, albeit with significant differences in selection and emphasis
, son of Count Otto-William of Burgundy, whose daughter Agnes was the queen’s mother. 174 Louis, count of Montbéliard. Cf. Bernold, Chronicle 1092, below p. 309. 175 John, cardinal bishop of Sabina; Pope Silvester
Archival anachrony When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme In praise of ladies dead and lovely knights, Then in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best, Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow, I see
clergy and laity of Constance on 22 December. [Odo] made him a priest on the previous day, that is the feast of St Thomas, together with other clerks, among whom in the same ceremony he promoted the writer of these chronicles to the priesthood and granted him by apostolic authority the power to reconcile the penitent. 268 1085. King Herman celebrated Christmas [25 December
REGINO OF PRÜM’S CHRONICLE HERE BEGINS THE PREFACE TO THE FOLLOWING WORK To the lord Bishop Adalbero, 1 a man of the highest abilities distinguished in manifold ways through the pursuit of every type of philosophy, Regino, although the lowest of Christ’s worshippers, in all things most devoted
The Devil. 16 Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, 1006–29. For contemporary accounts of Bruno’s quarrels with his brother see Thietmar, Chronicle 5.32, 5.38, 6.2–3, pp. 257, 263, 277–8; trans. Warner (2001) , pp. 226, 230, 238–9. 17 Sulpicius Severus, Vita
HERE BEGINS THE PROLOGUE TO THE FOLLOWING CHRONICLE How happy that state, attests Cicero, which is ruled by the wise or whose rulers strive for wisdom, without which, it is plain, courage degenerates into mere foolhardiness. 1 We, therefore, ought more zealously to render thanks to God than other peoples, since the storms that hitherto shook us have
[The chronicle of St Clement of Casauria, the wealthiest and most important monastery in the Abruzzi, was written by a monk called John Berard and completed about 1182. It provides a vivid picture of the king’s takeover of this region in 1140, and of the advantages this might give and problems it might pose for vested interests there, as well as the
and Epimachus, the martyr St Afra, the confessor St Magnus and the holy Bishop Wolfgang, besides very many others of the same character, of admirable sweetness, graceful and pleasing to the ear; 15 for no musician was more skilled than he. With careful labour, searching everywhere, he compiled this book of chronicles from the Incarnation of the Lord up to his own times. 16 He also very beautifully