Matthew of Paris
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Bede, and Chaucer, and Matthew of Paris, and Froissart, are far more redolent of antiquity.
From Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers by W. Lucas (William Lucas) Collins
Thus Matthew of Paris, in recording the burial of Henry II. in 1189, mentions that he was buried in his coronation robes, with a golden crown on his head and gloves on his hands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Matthew of Paris, on prosperity of friars, 246.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
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
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 W. Harrison Ainsworth
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