See also:

• BENEDICTUS

BENEDICTUS ABBAS (d. 1194)  , See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough, whose name is accidentally connected with the Gesta Henrici Regis Secundi, one of the most valuable of See also:

• ENGLISH

English 12th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles . He first makes his See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in 1174, as the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard, the successor of See also:

• BECKET, THOMAS (c. 1118—1170)

Becket in the primacy . In 1175 See also:

• BENEDICTUS

Benedictus became See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior of See also:

• HOLY

Holy Trinity, See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury; in 1177 he received from See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II. the abbacy of Peterborough, which he held until his See also:

• DEATH

death . As abbot he distinguished himself by his activity in See also:

• BUILDING

building, in administering the finances of his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and in See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting a library . He is described in the Chronicon Petroburgense as "blessed both in name and See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed." He belonged to the circle of Becket's admirers, and wrote two See also:

• WORKS

works dealing with the martyrdom and the miracles of his See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero . Fragments of the former See also:

• WORK

work have come down to us in the compilation known as the Quadrilogus, which is printed in the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• VOLUME

volume of J . C . See also:

• ROBERTSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816-1853)
• ROBERTSON, GEORGE CROOM (1842-1892)
• ROBERTSON, JOSEPH (1810-1866)
• ROBERTSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (1829-1871)
• ROBERTSON, WILLIAM BRUCE (182o-1886)

Robertson's Materials for the See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Becket (Rolls See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series); the miracles are extant in their entirety, and are printed in the second volume of the same collection . Benedictus has been credited with the authorship of the Gesta Henrici on the ground that his name appears in the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . We have, however, conclusive See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that Benedictus merely caused this work to be transcribed for the Peterborough library . It is only through the force of See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom that the work is still occasionally cited under the name of Benedictus . The question of authorship has been discussed by See also:

• SIR

Sir T .

D . See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• LIEBERMANN, MAX (1849– )

Liebermann; but the results of the discussion are negative . Stubbs conjecturally identified the first See also:

• PART

part of the Gesta (1170—1177) with the See also:

• LIBER

Liber Tricolumnis, a See also:

• REGISTER

register of contemporary events kept by Richard Fitz See also:

• NEAL, DANIEL (1678–1743)
• NEAL, DAVID DALHOFF (1838– )

Neal (q.v.), the treasurer of Henry II. and author of the Dialogus de Scaccario; the latter part (1177–1192) was by the same authority ascribed to See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger of Hoveden, who makes large use of the Gesta in his own See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle, copying them with few alterations beyond the addition of some documents . This theory-, so far as concerns the Liber Tricolumnis, is rejected by Liebermann and the most See also:

• RECENT

recent, editors of the Dialogus (A . See also:

• HUGHES, DAVID EDWARD (1831-1900)
• HUGHES, HUGH PRICE (1847-19o2)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1677-1720)
• HUGHES, JOHN (1797-1864)
• HUGHES, SIR EDWARD (c. 1720-1794)
• HUGHES, THOMAS
• HUGHES, THOMAS (1822-1896)

Hughes, C . G . Crump and C . See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1902) . We can only say that the Gesta are the work of a well-informed See also:

• CON

con-temporary who appears to have been closely connected with the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and is inclined on all occasions to take the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Henry II . The author confines himself to the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external history of events, and his See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone is strictly impersonal . He incorporates some See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official documents, and in many places obviously derives his See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information from others which he does not quote . There is a break in his work at the See also:

• YEAR

year 1177, where the earliest manuscript ends; but the reasons which have been given to prove that the authorship changes at this point are inconclusive .

The work begins at See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas 1169, and concludes in 1192; it is thus in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a fragment, covering portions of the reign of Henry II. and Richard I . See W . Stubbs' Gesta regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti abbatis (2 vols., Rolls series, 1867), and particularly the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the first volume; F . Liebermann in Einleitung in den Dialogus de Scaccario (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1875) ; in Ostenglische Geschichtsquellen (See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, 1892) ; and in See also:

• PERTZ, GEORG HEINRICH (1795-1876)

Pertz's Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores, vol. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii. pp . 82, 83; also the introduction to the Dialogus de Scaccario in the Oxford edition of 1902 . (H . W . C .