The Written World: Past and Place in the Work of Orderic Vitalis
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The Written World The Anglo-Norman monk Orderic Vitalis (1075-c.1142) wrote his monumental, highly individual "Historia Ecclesiastica "as an exercise in monastic discipline intended to preserve the events and character of Christendom for future generations. Though cloistered since childhood in a Benedictine monastery near Normandy"s southern border, Orderic gained access to an intellectual world that extended from ... Full description