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Lambert Of Hersfeld

German historian
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Born:
1025
Died:
c. 1088
Notable Works:
“Annales Hersveldenses”
Subjects Of Study:
history of Germany
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Lambert Of Hersfeld (born 1025—died c. 1088) was a chronicler who assembled a valuable source for the history of 11th-century Germany. Educated in Bamberg, Lambert joined the Benedictine convent of Hersfeld in March 1058 and was ordained the following fall, traveling to the Holy Land the same year. He moved to the Abbey of Hasungen in 1077, helping to initiate its acceptance of the reforms of the Benedictines’ Cluniac order in 1081. His Annales Hersveldenses (first published in 1525) were written about 1077–79, covering the period from the Creation to 1077. An erudite scholar, he used as historical and rhetorical ...(100 of 211 words)

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