Chroniclers Of The Angevins Flashcards
What did William of Newburgh write?
History of England - 1190
‘Father of historial criticism’
‘Loyal but critical and cool’
Used reliable sources
What did Herbert of Bosham write?
Life of St Thomas - 1184
Becket’s companion
Less reliable than fitzstephen; not present at the murder of becket
What did Roger of Holden write?
Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi
Gesta Regis Ricardis
Loyal royal clerk
Admired henry II and can give inside accounts up to 1201
Why is Peter of Blois a good source?
Letters
Letters
Supported Henry II and has records of letters sent to castellan of Dover and archbishop Canterbury
Advocated third crusade.
What did Gerald of wales study?
Topography of Ireland
Negotiated with the welsh princes for Henry
Travelled with john to Ireland
Welcomed Louis’ 1216 invasion due to dispute over appointments
What did William Fitzstephen write?
Life of St Thomas Beckett 1170
Cleric in beckets household
Stayed with becket in exile
Sherif of Gloucester and itinerant justice
What did roger of potigny write?
Life of Thomas Becket
Monk with Beckett in exile
Wrote about process to canonisation and sainthood
What did roger of Wendover LA write?
Flowers of History
Monk at St Albans
Clear hostility against john
Barnwell Chronicle
Written to john
Balanced account of 1213-16
Saw John as a “great prince” who had bad luck
Magna Carta 1215
Legal challenge by novels to the crown
Canterbury monk involved
Legal method to attack monarch
Who was the layman John?
History of William Marshall
20,000 lines of verse
Only layman who has a chronicle still existing
Commissioned after Marshall’s death in 1220
When did Matthew Paris write his chronicle?
Chronica Majora
Historia Anglorum
Wrote after the Angevins; not a contemporary
Not always reliable
Who was Robert of Bath ?
Gesta Stephani
Sympathetic to Stephen during the reign
Who was Ranulf Glanvill?
Treatise on Laws and Customs of England
Justiciar until 1189
First hand account on the administration of the country
What did Walter Map write ?
De Nugis Curialium (Trifles of Courtiers)
Satirical tales about many things such as fantasy/Henry II
Who was Gervase of Canterbury?
Chronicle 1100-99
Gesta Regum until 1210
Recorded archbishops of Canterbury up to 1205
monk in Canterbury
What did Jordan Fantosme write?
Chronicle of the 1173 War between England and Scotland
Supported Henry II
Wrote about Great Rebellion
reliable
Who’s letters are of particular note since they were leaders of the church?
Becket, Gilbert Foliot, Arnulf of Lisieux
What did Rigord write?
Gesta Philippi Augusti
Physician and monk
Key chronicler about France from 1179-1206
Richard of Devizes
Chronicon de Rebus gestis Ricardi Primi
Winchester monk recorded first years of Richard’s reign
Religious and antisemitic comments reduce reliability
First to say Jews had holocaust
Ralph of Coggeshall
Chronicler in an abbey in Essex
Wrote history in 1218
Praised Henry II, highly critical of john
how could innocent III be a source?
Letters
Papacy between 1998 and 1216
Crucial for the interdict and first barons war especially
Ralph of Diceto
Ymagines Historiarium up to 1202.
Dean in London
Close contact with many senior politicians such as richard FitzNigel
Edward Grim
Vita Saint Thomae
Eyewitness of the Beckett murder
Only met Beckett at the end of his life
Things like Henry’s penance etc are all second hand information
