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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).

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Ordericus Vitalis (1075–?1142), Anglo-Norman historian. In 1085 he entered the Benedictine house of St-Évroul(t) in Normandy. He wrote an Ecclesiastical History, beginning with the birth of Christ. The latter part is a prime source for the political and ecclesiastical history and the customs of his time.
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Ordericus Vitalis (1075–1142/3), a monk of St Évroul in Normandy. He wrote between 1114 and 1141 his Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy in Latin, covering events from the beginning of the Christian era down to 1141, one of the standard authorities for the Norman period.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ordericus Vitalis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ordericus Vitalis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (November 29, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-OrdericusVitalis.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Ordericus Vitalis." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-OrdericusVitalis.html

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