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Encyclopedia: William of Poitiers

William of Poitiers (c. 1020-1090), Norman chronicler, was born at Les Préaux, near Pont-Audemer, and belonged to an influential Norman family. After serving as a soldier he studied at Poitiers, and then returning to Normandy became chaplain to Duke William (William the Conqueror) and archdeacon of Lisieux.

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How to say "William of Poitiers" in other languages:

	(German)	Wilhelm von Poitiers
	(Spanish)	Guillermo de Poitiers (cronista)
	(French)	Guillaume de Poitiers

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Orderic Vitalis

digressions on the deeds of William the Conqueror in Normandy and England. Before 1067 these are of little value, being chiefly derived from two extant sources: William of Jumieges' Historia Normannorum and William of Poitiers' Gesta Guilelmi . For the years 1067?1071 Orderic follows the last...

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Provençal literature

verses. And in fact there are love songs among the pieces by William of Poitiers; and the same type... province lived a viscount of Ventadour, Eble, who during the second part of William of Poitiers' life seems... as William of Poitiers, Raimbaut of Orange, the viscount of Saint Antonin, William of Berga and...

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