Matthew of Paris

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1. c1200–59, English chronicler.

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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 Collins, W. Lucas (William Lucas)

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.

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

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

At this time lived the celebrated monk Matthew of Paris, to whom we owe much of the knowledge we possess of the history of the Abbey up to his own days.

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.