Rigord (Rigordus) ( 1150 – c. 1209) was a French

chronicler A chronicle ( la, chronica, from Greek ''chroniká'', from , ''chrónos'' – "time") is a historical account of events arranged in chronological order, as in a timeline. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and lo ...

. He was probably born near Alais in

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, and became a physician. After becoming a monk he entered the monastery of

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, and then that of Saint-Denis, and described himself as "regis Francorum chronographus". Rigord wrote the ''Gesta Philippi Augusti'', dealing with the life of the French king, Philip Augustus, from his coronation in 1179 until 1206. The work, which is very valuable, was abridged and continued by

William the Breton William the Breton (c. 1165c. 1225), French chronicler and poet, was a contemporary and dependent of French king Philip Augustus for whom he served in diplomatic missions and for whom he wrote a Latin prose chronicle and a Latin epic poem. Willia ...

. The earlier part of the ''Gesta'' speaks of the king in very laudatory terms, but in the latter part it is much less flattering in its tone. The ''Gesta'' is published in tome xvii of Dom Martin Bouquet's ''Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France'' (Paris, 1738–1876); and with introduction by HF Delaborde (Paris, 1882–85). A French translation of the ''Gesta'' is in tome xi of Guizot's ''Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France'' (Paris, 1825). Rigord also wrote a short chronicle of the kings of France.

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, ''Bibliotheca historica'' (Berlin, 1896); and Auguste Molinier, ''Les Sources de l'histoire de France'', tome iii. (Paris, 1903). *A partial English translation by

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is available http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/prh3/408/texts/Rigindex.html

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigord 1150s births 1209 deaths People from Alès French chroniclers 12th-century French historians 13th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers 13th-century Latin writers