Robert of Torigni or Torigny (French: Robert de Torigni; c. 1110–1186), also known as Robert of the Mont (Latin: Robertus de Monte; French: Robert de Monte; also Robertus de Monte Sancti Michaelis, in reference to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel[1]), was a Norman monk, prior, and abbot. He is most remembered for his chronicles detailing English history of his era.
^Robertus de Monte Sancti Michaelis, Regesta Imperii
RobertofTorigni or Torigny (French: Robert de Torigni; c. 1110–1186), also known as Robertof the Mont (Latin: Robertus de Monte; French: Robert de Monte;...
no issue. According to RobertofTorigni, not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became...
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and RobertofTorigni, p. 81 The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966, p. xxi Searle...
of the Church at York (ed. and trans. Johnson, 1990, pp. 164–165), RobertofTorigni, Gesta Normannorum ducum (ed. and trans. E. van Houts, 1995, vol....
Her sisters and nieces married some of the most important nobles in Normandy. RobertofTorigni recounts a story of how Richard met Gunnor. She was living...
24 – RobertofTorigni June 1 – Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord August 19 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) August – Baldwin V of Jerusalem...
Calling her "Adelida", RobertofTorigni follows Orderic in showing her as the affianced of Harold. However, in the later books of his Historia Ecclesiastica...
Houts, ed. (1992). The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and RobertofTorigni. Elizabeth van Houts, ed. (2000). The Normans...
to detail his rights to the throne of England. In later times, Orderic Vitalis (d. c. 1142) and RobertofTorigni (d. 1186), extended the volumes to include...
until 1141, and RobertofTorigni wrote a later history of the rest of the later years. Henry of Huntingdon, who lived in the east of England, produced...
ofRobertofTorigni, in Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard I ed. R. Howlett, vol 4, p. 207 W. L. Warren, Henry II (Univ. of California...
Goz, Viscount of Avranches, and a daughter of unknown name who married William, lord of la Ferté-Macé. According to RobertofTorigni, Herleva was buried...
that writers of the time were quite taken with Sibylla, praising both her beauty and intelligence. During Curthose's absence, RobertofTorigni noted that...
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