Matthew Paris
Britishnoun
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The chronicles of Roger Wendover, a historian and monk at St Albans, and his successor Matthew Paris, included many accounts of cruelty that have since been questioned.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2011
The latest addition was a full-sized elephant presented by the King of France, and specially drawn for the record by the indefatigable news-hawk, Matthew Paris.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Many of the passages he quotes are very inconclusive; but possibly there may be some weight in one from Matthew Paris, ad ann.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
Matthew Paris, an historian of that period, states that there were in his time twenty thousand hospitals for lepers in Europe.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
He was re-edited and continued after 1236 by Matthew Paris, the greatest of medieval historians.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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