Florence of Worcester (died July 7, 1118) was a 12th century English chronicler. He was a monk of Worcester, England. July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Events Knights Templar founded Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I as king of Jerusalem John II Comnenus succeeds Alexius I as Byzantine emperor Gelasius II succeeds Paschal II as pope Births December 21 - Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general Deaths January 21 - Pope... English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English historians and their works in the Middle Ages. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced Wuh-ster) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ...

Beyond the date of his death, recorded by the man who continued his work, nothing is known of Florence's life. His chronicle, Chronicon ex chronicis, begins with the creation and ends in 1117. The basis of his work was a chronicle compiled by Marianus Scotus, an Irish recluse, who lived first at Fulda, and later at Mainz. Marianus, who began his work after 1069, carried it up to 1082. Florence supplemented Marianus from a lost version of the English Chronicle, and from the writings of Asser, Bishop of Sherborne. He is always worth comparing with the extant English Chronicles; and from 1106 he is an independent annalist, dry but accurate. Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... In its widest sense, creationism (from the Latin creatio) refers to the theological doctrine that all material in the universe was created by a divine agency, such as God, out of nothingness (ex nihilo). ... Events May 3 - Merton Priory (Thomas Becket school) consecrated. ... Marianus Scotus (1028-1082 or 1083), chronicler (who must be distinguished from his namesake Marianus Scotus, d. ... Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district. ... Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French Mayence) is a city in Germany, which is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Events Harrying of the North- King William of England (William the Conqueror) reacts to rebellions made by his people against him. ... Events England - The Rochester Cathedral was completed Europe - The German Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor besieges Rome and gains entry, a synod is agreed upon by the Romans to rule on the dispute between Henry and Pope Gregory VII Styria - Ottokar II succeeds his brother Adalbero (died 1086 or 1087... Asser (d. ... Events September 28 - Henry I of England defeats his older brother Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy, at the Battle of Tinchebrai, and imprisons him in Cardiff Castle; Edgar Atheling and William Clito are also taken prisoner. ...

Either Florence or a later editor of his work borrowed considerably from the first four books of Eadmer's Historia novorum. Florence's work is continued, up to 1141, by a certain John of Worcester, who wrote in about 1150. John is valuable for the latter years of King Henry I and the early years of King Stephen. He writes favourably, but not indiscriminately, about Stephen. Eadmer, or Edmer (c. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. ... Events Åhus, Sweden gains city privileges City of Airdrie, Scotland founded King Sverker I of Sweden is deposed and succeeded by Eric IX of Sweden. ... Henry I (c. ... Stephen (1096 - October 25, 1154), the last Norman King of England, reigned from 1135 to 1154, when he was succeeded by his cousin (or, as the gossip of the time had it, his natural son) Henry II, the first of the Angevin or Plantagenet Kings. ...

External links

• Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: Florence of Worcester (http://www.bartleby.com/211/0904.html) from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume I, 1907–21.

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