Historia novorum in Anglia
work by Edmer
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discussed in biography
- In Edmer
…greatest works are a six-book Historia novorum in Anglia (c. 1115), an account of events in England as seen from Canterbury, stressing Anselm’s role in the Investiture Controversy between the political and clerical authorities, and the Vita Anselmi (c. 1124), an authoritative biography of Anselm’s private life. Edmer’s importance in…
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