Florence Of Worcester

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Died	1118
Notable Works	“Florentii Wigorniensis monachi Chronicon ex chronicis”
Subjects Of Study	England • history of United Kingdom • universal history

Thomas Hearne

British historian

Thomas Walsingham

English monk

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

William Camden

British historian

Roger Of Hoveden

English historian

Holinshed, Raphael: Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande

Raphael Holinshed

English chronicler

William Of Newburgh

English historian

John Capgrave

English scholar

Henry Knighton

British historian

John Stow

English author

Peter Langtoft

English historian

Robert Of Gloucester

English historian

Ralph Of Coggeshall

English historian

Gervase Of Canterbury

English historian

Edward Hall

English historian

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton

British historian

Simeon Of Durham

English historian

Robert De Torigni

French historian

Wace

Anglo-Norman author

Jean Le Bel

French historian

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