Roger of Wendover (d. 1236), English chronicler, was probably a native of Wendover in Buckinghamshire. Events May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albanss Abbey dies. ... English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English historians and their works in the Middle Ages. ... For other places named Wendover, see Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ...

At some uncertain date he became a monk of St Albans; afterwards he was appointed prior of the cell of Belvoir, but he forfeited this dignity in the early years of Henry III, having been found guilty of wasting the endowments. His latter years were passed at St Albans, where he died on May 6, 1236. 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. ... St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ... Henry III (October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Events May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albanss Abbey dies. ...

He is the first of the important chroniclers who worked at St. Albans. His most well known chronicle is called the Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History). The chronicle is based in large part on material which already existed at St. Albans. The actual nucleus of the early part of Roger’s Flowers of History is supposed to have been the compilation of John de Cella, who was abbot of St. Albans from 1195 to 1214, although that is inconclusive. John’s work started from the year 1188, and was revised and continued by Roger up to 1235, the year before his death. Roger claims in his preface to have selected "from the books of catholic writers worthy of credit, just as flowers of various colours are gathered from various fields." Hence he called his work Flores Historiarum—a title appropriated in the 14th century to a long compilation by various hands. Begun at St. Albans, it was finally completed at Westminster based upon the Chronicle of Matthew Paris continuing to the year 1326. The work was long ascribed to one "Matthew of Westminster", but it is now known that no actual chronicler of that name ever existed. Roger of Wendover’s work is, however, now valued not so much for what he culled from previous writers as for its full and lively narrative of contemporary events, from 1216 to 1235.¹ Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... The Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History) is a Latin chronicle dealing with English history from the creation to 1326 (although some of the earlier manuscripts end at 1306). ... Self portrait of Matthew Paris from a manuscript of his chronicle (London, British Library, MS Royal 14. ... Matthew of Westminster, long regarded as the author of the Flores Historiarum, is now thought never to have existed. ...

The Revelation of St. Nicholas to a monk of Evesham was composed in 1196 but the author is unknown. In an abridged form, it is found in Roger of Wendover’s Flores Historiarum under the year 1196. It is a curious religious allegory, treating the pilgrimage of a soul from death through purgatory and paradise to heaven. The monk, conducted by St. Nicholas, is taken from place to place in purgatory, where he meets and converses with persons of various ranks, who relate their stories and their suffering. From purgatory he advances slowly to paradise, and finally reaches the gates of heaven; after which he awakes.²

Wendover's work is known to us through one 13th century manuscript in the Bodleian Library (Douce manuscript 207), a mutilated 14th century copy in the British Museum (Cotton manuscript Otho B. v.), and the edition prepared by Matthew Paris which forms the first part of that writer's Chronica Majora (ed. HR Luard, "Rolls" Series, 7 vols). The best edition of Wendover is that of HO Coxe (4 vols, London, 1841-1824); there is another (from 1154) in the Rolls Series by HG Hewlett (3 vols, 1886-1898). (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges Oxford University Libraries Service (OULS) comprises over 30 of the University of Oxfords central and faculty libraries: from the world famous Bodleian Library, established 400 years ago, to the modern digital library ventures. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds largest and most important museums of ancient history. ... Self portrait of Matthew Paris from a manuscript of his chronicle (London, British Library, MS Royal 14. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Events King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Luard's prefaces to vols. i., ii., iii. and vii. of the Chronica Majora
• Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptores, Band xxviii.

Self portrait of Matthew Paris from a manuscript of his chronicle (London, British Library, MS Royal 14. ... The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (frequently abbreviated MGH in bibliographies and lists of sources) is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published sources for the study of German history (broadly conceived) from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500. ...

Footnotes

• ¹Volume I, Chapter IX, Section 19 of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, available online.
• ²Volume II, Chapter XIII, Section 10 of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, available online.

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