Florence Of Worcester
Florence of Worcester
English chronicler; all that is known of his personal history is that he was a monk of Worcester and that he died in 1118. His “Chronicon ex Chronicis” is the first attempt made in England to write a universal chronicle from the creation onwards, but the universal part is based entirely on the work of Marianus Scotus an Irish monk who died at Mainz about 1082. To this Florence added a number of references to English history taken from Bede, the “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”, and various biographies. The portions borrowed from the “Chronicle” are of value because he used a version which has not been preserved. Florence begins to be an independent authority in 1030, and his “Chronicle” goes down to 1117; it is annalistic in form, but a very useful record of events. John, another monk of Worcester, continued the “Chronicon” to 1141, and other writers took it down to 1295.
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The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VICopyright © 1909 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, September 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, CensorImprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York
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Florence Of Worcester
an English monk and chronicler, lived during the end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century. He acquired a great reputation for learning, and died June 5, 1118. He wrote a Chronicle, which begins with the creation of the world and ends with the year of his death. That part of the work which relates to contemporary events is one of the most valuable of existing authorities. The chronicle was continued from 1118 to 1141 by an anonymous writer. The most accessible edition is a translation, with notes, by. Thomas Forester, in Bohn’s Antiquarian Library. See Encyclop. Brit. 9th ed. s.v.