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Guibert of Nogent

Type Figure Region France Time c. 1055–1124 Also known as Guibert of Nogent

Guibert of Nogent was a French Benedictine monk and historian of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, known for his Latin autobiography Monodies a…

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  1. c. 1055–1090Nogent · NogentGuibert was born to a Picardy noble family, lost his father young, was raised by his widowed mother, and later entered a monastery for theological education, developing a strong critical awareness of the contemporary church and society.
  2. 1091–1124Northern France · FranceFrom the 1090s he wrote Monodies, recounting his personal spiritual life and the disorders of the age, and continued the Deeds of the Franks, recording the First Crusade and internal church struggles, becoming an important text of medieval French historiography.

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