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- Description
- 1 online resource (lxxvi, 305 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- Bernard Itier (1163-1225) was head librarian of the monastery of Saint-Martial at Limoges. As such he had free access to the books and made notations in many of them. The largest collection of these notes comprises his chronicle: a history of the world from Creation until his own time which, in part to conserve parchment, Bernard entered in the margins of two earlier codices he had appropriated for the purpose. The work includes a 'retrospective' section, relative to the past, and a 'contemporaneous' section, similar to a journal, in which Bernard recorded current or recent events which struck his interest. His record is highly idiosyncratic, reflecting the priorities of a monk who viewed the world from, and largely in relation to, his monastery. Accordingly, despite what modern historians consider to have been momentous changes in the kingdoms and the church at the time, what most interested Bernard were the affairs of his abbey, local events, miracles or other prodigies, and instances of atypical violence. In his outlook, the kings and pope were outsiders, and sometimes threatening. He does not mention the conquests of Philip Augustus, and records with almost palpable relief the death of Innocent III, who he had feared would impose an unwelcome choice of abbot on his monastery. - Dust jacket.
- Series Statement
- Oxford medieval texts
- Uniform Title
- Chronica. English (Online)
- Oxford medieval texts.
- Alternative Title
- Chronica.
- Subject
- Note
- Edited principally from the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 1338.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-271) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Language (note)
- Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
- LCCN
- 2013387386
- OCLC
- ssj0002991543
- Author
Bernardus Iterii, 1163-1225.
- Title
The chronicle and historical notes of Bernard Itier [electronic resource] / edited and translated by Andrew W. Lewis.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Series
Oxford medieval texts
Oxford medieval texts.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-271) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Language
Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
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- Added Author
Lewis, Andrew W., 1943-
Bernardus Iterii, 1163-1225. Chronica.
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Manuscript. Latin 1338.