Eadmer or Edmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) was an English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic. He is known for being a contemporary biographer of his archbishop...

(subscription required) Bosanquet (tr.) Eadmer's History p. 53 Carpenter Struggle for Mastery p. 132 Bosanquet (tr.) Eadmer's History p. 54 William of Malmesbury...

by the leading chroniclers, William of Malmesbury, John of Worcester and Eadmer, who acknowledged his assistance in their histories. Several letters to...

Bleasdale parish church, probably the only one anywhere dedicated to Saint Eadmer. Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age circular earthwork, originally with an outer...

– 1072) Lanfranc (c. 1005 – 1089) Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109) Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) Florence of Worcester (d. 1118) Symeon of Durham (d...

and Dominican 'Thomists' against it. The English ecclesiastic and scholar Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) reasoned that it was possible that Mary was conceived...

chaplain and secretary Eadmer (Vita et Conversatione Anselmi Cantuariensis) and the monk Alexander (Ex Dictis Beati Anselmi). Eadmer also detailed Anselm's...

would-be successor Eadmer shows that Alexander's wishes were not always accepted by the religious community, perhaps because Eadmer had the backing of...

made earl of Wessex c.1018, and according to the twelfth-century historian Eadmer, the earl of Kent. He was step-father to King Edward the Confessor (c.1003-1066)...

Durham, Historia regum 100.199 (ed. T. Arnold, 1885, vol. 2, pp. 258–259); Eadmer, Historia nouorum in Anglia (ed. M. Rule, 1884, pp. 288–289), Henry of Huntingdon...

fragments of the original chair, which is mentioned in the descriptions of Eadmer and Gervase of Canterbury of the Anglo-Saxon and Romanesque buildings. According...

meet the pope. According to Eadmer, Anselm's biographer, "the Lord Pope and Anselm were neighbours at the siege." Eadmer also gives us an interesting...

Normandy. According to Historia novorum in Anglia by English historian Eadmer, the reason for Harold's excursion to Normandy in 1064 or 1065 was that...

Osbern's account is rejected by later chroniclers and modern historians. When Eadmer wrote a life of Dunstan in the early twelfth century, he included an account...

Saint Cuthbert appeared to the monk Eadmer with instructions that the coffin should be taken to Dun Holm. After Eadmer’s revelation, Aldhun found that he...

deathbed, had made him heir over William. However, other sources, such as Eadmer dispute this claim. Tapestry fragments have been found in Scandinavia dating...

high regard after the Norman Conquest, and the twelfth-century historian Eadmer referred to the "holy laws" of "the most glorious king Edgar", although...

the pilgrim. Owing to a well-preserved 12th-century account of the monk Eadmer of the Canterbury cathedral, there is an excellent account of Bishop Lanfranc's...

appeared to a certain monk named Eadmer, with instructions that the coffin should be taken to Dun Holm. After Eadmer's revelation, Aldhun found that he...

"seem to suggest a plot." The chroniclers Eadmer, Malmesbury and Orderic describe the couple as close, with Eadmer noting that they were in love. Anselm was...

of Gevrey-Chambertin. An incident is reported of Odo by an eyewitness, Eadmer, biographer of Anselm of Canterbury. While Saint Anselm was progressing...

Durham, Historia regum 100.199 (ed. T. Arnold, 1885, vol. 2, pp. 258–9); Eadmer, Historia nouorum in Anglia (ed. M. Rule, 1884, pp. 288–9), Henry of Huntingdon...

great war" to that day, and no enemy fleet had attacked the country since. Eadmer of Canterbury's Vita Odonis (very late 11th century) is one of at least...

business related to Anselm, one of whose supporters, the medieval chronicler Eadmer, alleged that Warelwast bribed the pope and the papal officials to secure...

Religious titles Preceded by Giric or Cathróe Bishop of Cell Rígmonaid (Saint Andrews) 1107–1115 Succeeded by Eadmer...

had forced Anselm, the reforming archbishop of Canterbury, into exile. Eadmer credited Anselm with restraining the pope from excommunicating him, although...

appears to have had a square central tower. The 11th-century chronicler Eadmer, who had known the Saxon cathedral as a boy, wrote that, in its arrangement...

Wayback Machine. Bosanquet, G. (tr.), Eadmer's History of Recent Events in England, Cresset, 1964, p. 31. Eadmer was a well-placed observer: see Cresset...

Angevin Kings, Vol. 1 (1887) Eadmer, Historia novella, pp. 31–32 Plummer (ed.), The Peterborough Chronicle (1882–1889 Eadmer (ed. Rule), Historia novorum...

written, adapted and translated: for example, The Life of Saint Audrey, Eadmer's (c. 1060 – c. 1126). During the writing of Ormulum (c. 1150 – c. 1180)...