Matthew of Paris
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Matthew of Paris transcribed and edited the work of his two predecessors, and continued the history from 1235 to 1259.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
Bede, and Chaucer, and Matthew of Paris, and Froissart, are far more redolent of antiquity.
From Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers by Collins, W. Lucas (William Lucas)
Matthew of Paris, the historian, says, that many of those unfortunate men were among the first of the Poitevin nobility.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 by Various
Matthew of Paris, on prosperity of friars, 246.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley
In the goodly folios crowded there are contained the chronicles of Holinshed and Hall; of Grafton, Fabian, and Stow; of Matthew of Paris, and his namesake of Westminster.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
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