, a learned English monk and Jiistorian, lived Jn the twelfth and
, a learned English monk and
Jiistorian, lived Jn the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He
was of the Cistercian order, and was esteemed a man of
uncommon knowledge for his time. The surname under
which we here place this article, was given him from the
abbey over which he presided. The principal work of his
which is come down to us, is a chronicle of the Holy Land;
and it is so much the more valuable, as he was an eye-witness of the facts he relates. He was at Jerusalem, and was
even wounded there, during the siege of that city by Saladin. It is thought that he died in 1228. This chronicle
was published in 1729, by the fathers Martenne and
Durand, in the fifth volume of the “Amplissima collectio
veterum scriptorum et monumentorum,
” &c. In this volume are likewise two other works of the same author; the
first entitled “Chronicon Anglicanum ab anno 1066 ad
annum 1200;
” and the second, “Libellus de motibus
Anglicanis sub Johanne rege.
” Some of his Mss. are in
our public libraries.