The chronicle and historical notes of Bernard Itier
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | The chronicle and historical notes of Bernard Itier. Edited and translated by Andrew W. Lewis. (Oxford Medieval Texts.) Pp. lxxix+305 incl. 4 ills. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2012. £95. 978 0 19 954643 5 (2014) (Power, Daniel)
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| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford medieval texts
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bernardus, Iterius 1163-1225, Chronicon
B Limousin / Kloster Saint-Martial Limoges / History 1179-1225 |
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Commentary
B Chronology, Historical Early works to 1800 B France History Capetians, 987-1328 Early works to 1800 B France History Capetians, 987-1328 Sources B Spring B Bernardus Iterii (1163-1225) B Saint-Martial de Limoges (Abbey) |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Text in English and Latin |
| ISBN: | 0199546436 |