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Glaber

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[glah-ber, gla-ber] / ˈglɑ bər, glaˈbɛr /

noun

  1. Raoul or Rudolphe c990–c1050, French ecclesiastic and chronicler.


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“Spartacus: War of the Damned,” currently in production in New Zealand, takes place following the defeat of Roman commander Gaius Claudius Glaber.

From Forbes • Jul. 16, 2012

A conception of these abominable excesses may be gathered from the following passages in the account left by Raoul Glaber, a monk and eye-witness.

From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène

Between 937 and 1059, if we may believe Glaber, there were forty-eight years of pestilence and famine.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

It would never have been believed," says the contemporary chronicler Raoul Glaber, "that the Holy Sepulchre could attract so prodigious an influx.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)

Especially in Italy and in Gaul," says the chronicler Raoul Glaber, "men took in hand the reconstruction of the basilicas, although the greater part had no need thereof.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)