Richer of Rheims
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− | Richer of Rheims (d. 1010) was a monk | + | Richer of Rheims (d. 1010) was a monk residing at Rheims between 966 and 998, who sometime in the tenth century wrote a History of France, possibly in four books. He was the pupil of Gerbert. |
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+ | Flodoard, who preceded him in time, was a priest at Rheims and died in 966. His wrote a work ''Annals'' (919-966). His work was "apparently writen as the events occurred." While Richer's book, which covers a wider period, obviously wasn't. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
*[http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2008-30%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=richer+of+rheims+history+of+france Google search on 'Richard of Rheims History of France'] | *[http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2008-30%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=richer+of+rheims+history+of+france Google search on 'Richard of Rheims History of France'] | ||
*[http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2008-30%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=richer+of+rheims+history+of+france "A History of Classical Scholarship"], by John Edwin Sandys, pg 489 states that Richer died in 1010 | *[http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&safe=off&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2008-30%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=richer+of+rheims+history+of+france "A History of Classical Scholarship"], by John Edwin Sandys, pg 489 states that Richer died in 1010 | ||
+ | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=aSuskfXqmqQC&pg=PA195&dq=richer+of+rheims+history+of+france&num=30#PPA220,M1 ''Readings in European History''] refers on page 220 to his ''Historiarum Libri IV (888-995) |