GERVASE OF See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

CANTERBURY (d. c. 1210)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk and chronicler, entered the 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 of See also:

• CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch, See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . He made his profession and received See also:

• HOLY

holy orders in 1163; but we have no further See also:

• CLUE

clue to the date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . We know nothing of his See also:

• LIFE

life beyond what may be gathered from his own writings . Their See also:

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

evidence suggests that he died in or shortly after 1210, and that he had resided almost continuously at Canterbury from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• ADMISSION

admission . The only See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office which we know him to have held is that of sacrist, which he received after 1190 and laid down before 1197 . He took a keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular quarrels of the Canterbury monks with their archbishops, and his earliest See also:

• LITERARY

literary efforts were controversial tracts upon this subject . But from 1188 he applied his mind to See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition . About that See also:

• YEAR

year he began the compilation of his Chronica, a See also:

• WORK

work intended for the private See also:

• READING

reading of his brethren . Beginning with the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen he continued his narrative to the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

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

Richard I . Up to 1188 he relies almost entirely upon extant See also:

• SOURCES

sources; but from that date on-wards is usually an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent authority . A second See also:

• HISTORY

history, the Gesta Regum, is planned on a smaller See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale and traces the fortunes of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain from the days of See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus to the year 1209 . The latter See also:

• PART

part. of this work, covering the years 1199-1209, is. perhaps an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to redeem the promise, which he had made in the See also:

• EPILOGUE

epilogue to the Chronica, of a continuation dealing with the reign of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John .

This is the only part of the Gesta which deserves much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . The work was continued by various hands to the year 1328 . From the Gesta the indefatigable Gervase turned to a third project, the history of the see of Canterbury from the arrival of See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine to the death of See also:

• HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

Hubert See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter (1205) . A topographical work, with the somewhat misleading See also:

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

title Mappa mundi, completes the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his more important writings . The Mappa mundi contains a useful description of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England See also:

• SHIRE

shire by shire, giving in particular a list of the castles and religious houses to be found in each . The See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of Gervase was greater than his insight . He took a narrow and monastic view of current politics; he was seldom in See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with the leading statesmen of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . But he appears to be tolerably accurate when dealing with the years 1188-1209; and sometimes he supplements the See also:

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

information provided by the more important See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles . See the introductions and notes in W . See also:

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

Stubbs's edition of the Historical See also:

• WORKS

Works of Gervase of Canterbury (Rolls edition, 2 vols., 1879-1880) . (H . W .

C .