Walter of Compiègne
Walter of Compiègne was a French poet who lived in the middle of the 12th century and was a monk in Saint Martin's at Tours. He composed a Latin biography of Muhammad in elegiac couplets. The story of Mahomet reached Walter by oral tradition, according to the information he himself provides.
Walter of Compiègne
- Died
- 1101
- Nationality
- Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Known for
- Otia de Machomete · De miraculis B. Mariae
- Languages
- medieval Latin · Old French
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Walter of Compiègne. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q7966529 · wikipedia · Walter of Compiègne
In this article
Biography
Biography
Died in 1101.
The recorded working language is medieval Latin and Old French. Works named in the authority record are Otia de Machomete and De miraculis B.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1101
Walter of Compiègne died.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Walter of Compiègne, revision 1181108002 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- F. J. E. Raby, A History of Secular Latin Poetry in the Middle Ages (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934. ) vol. 2 pp. 82–83.
- Harvard University Press. Medieval Latin Lives of Muhammad. 2018.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 28 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Walter MeierAuthor
- Walter NouvelAuthor
- Walter of BibbesworthAuthor
- Walter of ChâtillonAuthor
- Walter of SpeyerAuthor
- Walter of WinterburnAuthor
- Walter OliverAuthor
- Walter PerrieAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Walter of Compiègne?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.