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Orderic Vitalis

Type Figure Region Normandy Time 1075–1142 Also known as Orderic Vitalis、Ordericus Vitalis、奥德里库斯·维塔利斯

Orderic Vitalis (1075–c. 1142), born near Shrewsbury in England, entered the abbey of Saint-Évroul in Normandy at age ten.…

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  1. 1075–1085Atcham · ShropshireOrderic was born at Atcham in Shropshire; his father was a French cleric of William the Conqueror and his mother English. Baptized at five, he was sent to Normandy at ten and never returned to his homeland.
  2. 1085–1114Abbey of Saint-Évroul · NormandyHe entered the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Évroul in 1085, taking the name Vitalis, where he received training in Latin and historiography and long served in copying and record-keeping duties.
  3. 1114–1142Abbey of Saint-Évroul · NormandyFrom about 1114 he composed the thirteen-book Ecclesiastical History, expanding from the abbey's origins into a contemporary history of the Norman dukes, the kings of England, and the First Crusade, narrating up to 1141.

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