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ADHEMAR DE CHABANNES (c. 988-c. 1030)

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ADHEMAR DE CHABANNES (c. 988-c. 1030)  , See also:medieval historian, was See also:born about 988 at Chabannes, a See also:village in the See also:French See also:department of Haute-See also:Vienne . Educated at the monastery of St See also:Martial at See also:Limoges, he passed his See also:life as a See also:monk, either at this See also:place or at the monastery of St Cybard at See also:Angouleme . He died about 1030, most probably at See also:Jerusalem, whither he had gone on a See also:pilgrimage . See also:Adhemar's life was mainly spent in See also:writing and transcribing See also:chronicles, and his See also:principal See also:work is a See also:history entitled Chronicon Aquitanicum et Francicum or Historia Francorum . This is in three books and deals with Frankish history from the fabulous reign of Pharamond, See also:king of the See also:Franks, to A.D . 1028 . The two earlier books are scarcely more than a copy of the Gesta regum Francorum, but the third See also:book, which deals with the See also:period from 814 to Io28, is of considerable See also:historical importance . This is published in the Monumenta Germaniae historica . Scriptores . See also:Band iv . (See also:Hanover and See also:Berlin, 1826-1892) . He also wrote Commemoratio abbatum Lemovicensium basilicae S .

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Martialis apostoli (848—1029) and Epistola ad Jordanum Lemovicensem episcopum et alios de apostolatu S . 3fartialis, both of which are published by J . P . See also:Migne in the Patrologia See also:Latina, tome cxli . (See also:Paris, 1844—1855) . See F . Arbellot, Etude historique et litteraire sur Ademar de Chabannes (Limoges, 1873) ; J . F . E . Castaigne, Dissertation sur le lieu de naissance et sur la famille du chroniqueur Ademar, moine de l'abbaye de St Cybard d'Angouleeeme (Angouleme, 1850) .

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