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
The standard of the chronicles rapidly declined and the best chronicler of the fourteenth century was not a monk like Matthew Paris, but a secular, a wanderer, a hanger-on of princes, Froissart.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Du Cange says, "Oriolum, porticus, atrium;" and quotes Matthew Paris for it.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Their abbots and priors can show many illustrious names, and Matthew Paris, Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, St. Cuthbert, and William of Malmesbury, are but a tithe of the roll-call of writers and chroniclers.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
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