William Rishanger
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William Rishanger (born 1250), nicknamed "Chronigraphus", was an English annalist and Benedictine monk of St. Albans.[1] Rishanger quite likely wrote the Opus Chronicorum, a continuation from 1259 of Matthew Paris's Chronicle. In effect it is a history of his own times from 1259 to 1307, a spirited and trustworthy account, albeit in parts not original. [1] He wrote a history of the reign of Edward I of England, and a work on the Barons' War; and was probably the continuator of Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Burton 1913.
- ^ Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England II (1982), pp. 4-5.
Sources
- James P. Carley, ‘Rishanger, William (b. 1249/50, d. after 1312)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- James Orchard Halliwell (1840), The Chronicle of William de Rishanger, Camden Society
- Burton, Edwin (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. .
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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