Florence of Worcester
The nature and extent of his contributions remain unclear. His meticulous learning and scholarly labours have made this chronicle of chronicles outstanding among all others. • His body is covered by earth, his soul searches the skies. • There in the sight of God may he reign among the saints for ever. Earlier generations of scholars took this to mean that Florence was the principal author of the chronicle for the entries before 1118, an assumption which led to its being commonly referred to as the 'Chronicle of Florence (of Worcester)'.
Also recorded as Florentius · Florentius Wigorniensis
Florence of Worcester
- Died
- 1118 · Worcester.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- historian · writer · archivist
- Known for
- Chronicon
- Languages
- Latin
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The nature and extent of his contributions remain unclear. His meticulous learning and scholarly labours have made this chronicle of chronicles outstanding among all others. • His body is covered by earth, his soul searches the skies. • There in the sight of God may he reign among the saints for ever. Earlier generations of scholars took this to mean that Florence was the principal author of the chronicle for the entries before 1118, an assumption which led to its being commonly referred to as the 'Chronicle of Florence (of Worcester)'.
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Born in 1100, died in Worcester in 1118.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Royal Historical Society. The Vita Wulfstani of William of Malmesbury. 1928. 1034977.
- Gransden, Antonia. Historical Writing in England c.550-c.1307. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1974. 978-0-7100-7476-8.
- Gransden, Antonia. Legends, traditions and history in medieval England. Hambledon. 1992.
- Higham, Nick. Edward the Elder, 899–924. Routledge. 1–11. 2001. 0-415-21497-1.
- Hodgkin, Thomas. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest. The Political History of England. Longmans. 1. 1906.
- Keynes, Simon. Florence. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Wiley Blackwell. 193-194. 2014. 978-0-470-65632-7.
- Oxford University Press. The Chronicle of John of Worcester. III. 1998. 978-0-19-820702-3.
- Florence of Worcester. Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis. English Historical Society. 1849.
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