ROBERT OF TORIGNI (c. 11Io-1186)  , medieval chronicler, was prior of Bec in 1149, and in '1154 became abbot of Mont St Michel, whence he is also sometimes called Robertus de Monte . He died, according to Potthast, on the 29th of May 1186 . He wrote additions and appendices to the chronicle of Sigebert of Genblours, covering the period A.D . 385-1100, and a chronicle in continuation of Sigebert, extending from Itoo to 1186, of great value for Anglo-Norman history . Robert was in a good position to obtain information, for the Mont St Michel was one of the four great centres of pilgrimage in Europe . But he was excessively timid and cautious, and hardly mentions events, like the murder of Becket, which were subjects of controversy . Besides, his style is that of the driest annalist . It is for continental affairs between 1154 and 1170 that his information is especially valuable . His notices of English affairs are slight and sometimes misleading . The best modern editions are the Chronique de Robert de Torigni, &c., edited by Leopold Delisle for the Soc. de t'histoire de Normandie (Rouen, 1872-1873), and Chronicle of Robert of Torigni, edited, with an introduction, by Richard Howlett (Rolls Series, No . 82, iv . 1889) .