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    the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the...
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    Jumièges Abbey (Latin: Monasterium Gemeticensis), formally the Abbey of St Peter at Jumièges (French: Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Jumièges), was a Benedictine...
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  • archbishop died in exile at Jumièges sometime between 1052 and 1055. Robert commissioned significant building work at Jumièges and was probably involved...
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    William of Jumièges (born c. 1000 – died after 1070) (French: Guillaume de Jumièges) was a contemporary of the events of 1066, and one of the earliest...
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    oldest text that details his origins is the Norman history of William of Jumièges (c. 1070). According to William, the Danes had a custom of requiring the...
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    which still stands. It was very similar to Jumièges Abbey, which was built at the same time. Robert of Jumièges must have been closely involved in both buildings...
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  • Adelelm (-1083) was a Norman monk at Jumièges appointed Abbot of Abingdon in 1071; he was part of an embassy from King William II of England to King Malcolm...
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    Mowin as the instigator. See: The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, Ed. & Trans. Elizabeth M.C. Van...
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    Philibert of Jumièges (c. 608–684) was an abbot and monastic founder, particularly associated with Jumièges Abbey. Philibert was born in Gascony, the only...
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    Elizabeth M.C., ed. (1992a). The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni. Vol. I. Clarendon Press. Van Houts...
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    convert to Christianity, and married Gisela. Norman chronicler William of Jumièges , who lived from 1000 to 1070, refers to Rollo having two relationships:...
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    Mesnil-sous-Jumièges, EHESS (in French). Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges. Official...
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    William of Jumièges disagree about where the fleet was built – Poitiers states it was constructed at the mouth of the River Dives, while Jumièges states it...
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    leave Denmark. Dudo appears to have been the main source for William of Jumièges (after 1066) and Orderic Vitalis (early 12th century), although both include...
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    texts to mention the name Lodbrok is the Norman history of William of Jumièges from c. 1070. According to William, the Danish kings of old had the custom...
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    journeyed from Chinon in midwinter to join Charles on the campaign of 1450 in Jumièges, wanting to be with him as moral support. There, she suddenly became ill...
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    Tapestry, and was very similar to Jumièges Abbey in Normandy, which was built at the same time. Robert of Jumièges must have been closely involved in...
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    vol. 72, no. 4, p. 198 Crouch, p. 9 Vitalis, p. 67 (Citing William of Jumièges, Book II, ch. 12 [18]) Crouch, David (2002). The Normans: A History of...
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    but it is a typical example of Edward's attitude. He appointed Robert of Jumièges Archbishop of Canterbury and made Ralph the Timid Earl of Hereford. On...
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  • based on her name spelling. The first to provide her name was William of Jumièges, writing in the second half of the 11th century. The name Sprota seems...
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  • Harold Godwinson, king of England in 1066. She was described by William of Jumièges as a considerable beauty. Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfgar, who had...
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    Flanders. She was born in Normandy, where her father was duke. William of Jumièges, the monk who chronicled the 1066 Norman conquest of England, names Constance...
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  • Jumièges mentions this marriage and states that she was the daughter of 'Raoul II' de Tosny. Perhaps she married both men, unless William of Jumièges...
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    originally created by the monk William of Jumièges just before 1060. In 1070 William I had William of Jumièges extend the work to detail his rights to the...
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    kingdom. After attacking and destroying monasteries, including one at Jumièges, they took advantage of the power vacuum created by the disintegration...
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    and Cerball mac Dúnlainge. Known to us from the histories of William of Jumièges and Orderic Vitalis, the purport of the phrase more danico is based in...
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    main routes that passed through France, congregating for the journey at Jumièges, Paris, Vézelay, Cluny, Arles and St. Gall in Switzerland. They crossed...
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    Sigeric Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfheah Lyfing Æthelnoth Eadsige Robert of Jumièges Stigand Conquest to Reformation Lanfranc Anselm Ralph d'Escures William...
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    Patrice (2015). Bonaparte. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674368354. Jumièges, Jean Claude (1967). Madame Tallien ou Une femme dans la tourmente révolutionnaire...
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    founded several abbeys in the valley of the Seine: Fontenelle in 649, Jumièges about 654, Pavilly, Montivilliers. These abbeys rapidly adopted the Benedictine...
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