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Suger of St Denis (c. 1081-1151)
Childhood friend of Louis VI. Monastic
education. Rose through ranks.
1121-22 Elected Abbot of St Denis
Advisor to Louis VI and Louis VII. Regent of
France while Louis VII on Second Crusade
Vita Ludovici Grossi Regis
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Originally compiled for
Alfred the Great
(r. 871-99) c. 890
Continued up to mid-12th c.
Mostly Anglo-Saxon, some
last parts Middle
English
William of Newburgh (1136-c. 1198)
English chronicler. Entered Augustine priory
of Newburgh as boy to study. Remained
there until death
Historia Rerum Anglicarum (c. 1196-98),
covering 1066-1198, written at request
of Abbot of Rievaux
Rahewin (d. before 1177)
Provost of cathedral of Freising, and secretary
to Bishop Otto (d. 1158)
Wrote continuation of Otto’s Gesta Friderici
Imperatoris, up to 1160
Text and continuation written at request of
Frederick
Huguccio and Alanus
Huguccio of Pisa (d. 1210): Studied and
taught canon law at Bologna. Became
abbot of Ferrara in 1190
Alanus: Englishman. Taught law at Bologna
in early 13th c.
Both commenting on the Decretum of
Gratian (d. before 1159)