William Rishanger

William Rishanger (born 1250), nicknamed "Chronigraphus", was an English annalist and Benedictine monk of St. Albans.^[1]

Writings

Rishanger quite likely wrote the Opus Chronicorum, a continuation from 1259 of Matthew Paris's Chronicle. In effect it is a history of his own times from 1259 to 1307, a spirited and trustworthy account, albeit in parts not original. He wrote a history of the reign of Edward I of England, and a work on the Barons' War; and was probably the continuator of Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani.^[2]

See also

• John of Trokelowe

References

• James Orchard Halliwell (1840), The Chronicle of William de Rishanger, Camden Society

Notes

1. ^ "William Rishanger". Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13063b.htm. 
2. ^ Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England II (1982), pp. 4-5.

External links

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Rishanger, William". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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