GILDEBERT HYDALBERT

HILDEBERT  Or ALDEBERT (C . 105 1133), French writer and ecclesiastic, was born of poor narents at Lavardin, near Vendome, and was intended for the See B . Haureau, Les Melanges poetiques d'Hildebert de Lavardin (Paris, 1882), and Notices et extraits de quelques manuscrits latins de hi Bibliotheque nationale (Paris, 1890–1893) ; Comte P. de Deservillers, Un.vee'que au XII' siecle, Hildebert et son temps (Paris, 1876) ; E . A . Freeman, The Reign of Rufus, vol. ii . (Oxford, 1882); tome xi. of the Histoire litteraire de la France, and H . Bohmer in Band viii. of Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopadie (190o) . The most important work, however, to be consulted is L . Dieudonn6's Hildebert de Lavardin, eveeque du Mans, archeve"que de Tours . Sa vie, ses lettres (Paris, 1898) .