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Ordericus Vitalis

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ordericus Vitalis , 1075-c.1143, Norman monk and chronicler, b. England. He spent most of his life in Saint-Évroul in Normandy. His Ecclesiastical History (4 vol., tr. 1853-56; repr. 1968), a universal history to 1143, is valuable for a study of the Normans in England, France, and Italy and for the history of his own times. Bibliography: See study by M. Chibnall (1984). ... Read more
Ordericus Vitalis
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Ordericus Vitalis (1075–?1142), Anglo-Norman historian. In 1085 he entered the Benedictine house of St-Évroul(t) in Normandy. He wrote... Read more
Ordericus Vitalis
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Ordericus Vitalis (1075–1142/3), a monk of St Évroul in Normandy. He wrote between 1114 and 1141 his Ecclesiastical History of England... Read more

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