Hugh of Poitiers
Hugh of Poitiers (died 1167) was a Benedictine monk of Vézelay Abbey and chronicler. His Historia Vizeliacensis monasterii was written from about 1140 to 1160. Besides being a rather partisan account of the affairs of the Abbey, it is an important source for the history of France in its period.
Hugh of Poitiers
- Died
- 1167
- Occupation
- monk · historian · writer
- Languages
- Latin
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Hugh of Poitiers (died 1167) was a Benedictine monk of Vézelay Abbey and chronicler. His Historia Vizeliacensis monasterii was written from about 1140 to 1160. Besides being a rather partisan account of the affairs of the Abbey, it is an important source for the history of France in its period.
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Died in 1167.
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