See also:

• DUDO, or DEMON (fl. C. 1000)

DUDO, or DEMON (fl. C. 1000)  , See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman historian. was See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of St Quentin, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 965 . Sent in 986 by See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert I. See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• VERMANDOIS

Vermandois, on an errand to See also:

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

Richard I., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, he succeeded in his See also:

• MISSION

mission, and, having made a very favourable impression at the Norman 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, spent some years in that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . During a second stay in Normandy See also:

• DUDO, or DEMON (fl. C. 1000)

Dudo wrote his See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans, a task which Duke Richard I. had urged him to undertake . Very little else is known about his See also:

• LIFE

life, except that he died before 1043 . Written between 1o15 and 1030, his Historia Normannorum, or Libri III. de moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum, was dedicated to See also:

• ADALBERON

Adalberon, 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 of See also:

• LAON

Laon . Dudo does not appear to have consulted ,any existing documents for his history, but to have obtained his See also:

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

information from oral tradition, much of it being supplied by Raoul, count of Ivry, a See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Duke Richard I . Consequently the Historia partakes of the nature of a See also:

• ROMANCE

romance, and on this ground has been regarded as untrustworthy by such competent critics as E . See also:

• DUMMLER, ERNST LUDWIG (1830-19o2)

Dummler and G . See also:

• WAITZ, GEORG (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

Waitz . Other authorities, however, e.g . J . Lair and J .

Steenstrup, while admitting the existence of a legendary See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element, regard the See also:

• BOOK

book as of considerable value for the history of the Normans . Although Dudo was acquainted with See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and other Latin writers, his Latin is affected and obscure . The Historia, which is written alternately in See also:

• PROSE

prose and in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of several metres, is divided into four parts, and deals with the history of the Normans from 852 to the See also:

• DEATH

death of Duke Richard I. in 996 . It glorifies the Normans, and was largely used by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of Jumieges, See also:

• WACE, HENRY (1836– )

Wace, See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert of Torigni, William of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers and See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh of See also:

• FLEURY [ABRAHAM JOSEPH BENARD] (1750-.1822)
• FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE (1653-1743)
• FLEURY, CLAUDE (1640-1723)

Fleury in compiling their See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles, and was first published by A.See also:

• DUCHESNE, LOUIS MARIE OLIVIER (1843– )

Duchesne in his Historiae Normannorum scriptores antiqui, at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1619 . Another edition is in the Patrologia See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina, tome cxli. of J . P . See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne (Paris, 1844), but the best is perhaps the one edited by J . Lair (See also:

• CAEN

Caen, 1865) . See E . Dummler, " Zur Kritik Dudos von St Quentin " in the Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte, Bande vi and ix . (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1866) ; G . Waitz, " rber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Quellen zur Geschichte der Begrundung der normannischen Herrschaft in Frankreich," in the Gottinger gel .

Anzeigen (Gottingen, 1866) ; J . C . H . R . Steenstrup, Normannerne, See also:

• BAND

Band i . (See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen 1876) ; J . Lair . Etude critique et historique sur Dudon (Caen, 1865) ; G . Kortung, Ober die Quellen See also:

• DES

des See also:

• ROMAN

Roman de Rou (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1867) ; W . See also:

• WATTENBACH, WILHELM (1819–1897)

Wattenbach, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen, Band i . (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1904) ; and A . See also:

• MOLINIER, AUGUSTE (1851-1904)

Molinier, See also:

• LES

Les See also:

• SOURCES

Sources de l'histoire de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, tome ii .

(Paris, 1902) .