Hugh of Poitiers (died 1167) was a
Benedictine monk of
Vézelay Abbey and chronicler.
His ''Historia Vizeliacensis monasterii'' was written from about 1140 to 1160. Besides being a rather partisan account of the affairs of the Abbey, it is an important source for the
history of France in its period. It was written for Abbot
Ponce of Vézelay
Ponce may refer to:
* Ponce (surname)
*
*Ponce, Puerto Rico, a city in Puerto Rico
** Ponce High School
** Ponce massacre, 1937
* USS ''Ponce'', several ships of the US Navy
*Manuel Ponce, a Mexican composer active in the 20th century
* British s ...
(1138–1161), who was brother to
Peter the Venerable
Peter the Venerable ( – 25 December 1156), also known as Peter of Montboissier, was the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny. He has been honored as a saint, though he was never canonized in the Middle Ages. Since in 1862 Pope Pius IX co ...
of
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey (; , formerly also ''Cluni'' or ''Clugny''; ) is a former Benedictine monastery in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was dedicated to Saint Peter.
The abbey was constructed in the Romanesque architectural style, with three churches ...
.
He also wrote the ''Origo et historia brevis Nivernensium comitum'', about the
county of Nevers.
[Constance Brittain Bouchard, ''Those of My Blood: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia'' (2001), p. 42.]
References
*John Scott and John O. Ward (translators) (1992), ''The Vezelay Chronicle: And Other Documents from Ms. Auxerre 227 and Elsewhere''
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12th-century French historians
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12th-century Latin writers