Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium
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The Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium ('Deeds of the Bishops of Liège') is a history of the diocese of Liège written by the monk Gilles of Orval between 1247 and 1251.[1] At about the same time, Gilles also composed an epitome of his history, the Gesta episcoporum Leodensium abbreviata.[1] It was first edited by Johannes Heller for the Monumenta Germaniae Historica in 1880.[2]
Gilles sought to continue the earlier gesta of Heriger of Lobbes and Anselm of Liège from 1048 down to 1247.[3] As a historian, he was rather uncritical.[3] His is the earliest account to mention any children of King Zwentibold.[citation needed]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Pixton 1995, p. 262.
- ^ "Aegidii Aureaevallensis gesta episcoporum Leodiensium", MGH Scriptores, 25 (Frankfurt: 1880), 1–129.
- ^ a b De Grieck 2013.
Sources[edit]
- De Grieck, Pieter-Jan (2013). "Giles of Orval". Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Brill Online. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- Pixton, Paul B. (1995). The German Episcopacy and the Implementation of the Decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1216–1245: Watchmen on the Tower. Leiden: E. J. Brill.