Symeon of Durham
Symeon (or Simeon) of Durham (died after 1129) was an English chronicler and a monk of Durham Priory. He entered the Benedictine monastery at Jarrow as a youth. It moved to Durham in 1074, and he was professed in 1085 or 1086. When William of Saint-Calais returned from his Norman exile in 1091, Symeon was probably in his company. Symeon eventually became precentor of the priory, and examples of his handwriting appear to survive in several Durham books, including the Liber Vitae, the so-called Cantor's Book (whose text he would have had to keep up to date as part of his duties as precentor), and in copies of his own historical works.
Symeon was author of two historical works which are particularly valuable for northern affairs, the Libellus de Exordio atque Procursu istius, hoc est Dunelmensis, Ecclesie (The Little Book on the Origins and Progress of this Church, that is of Durham) and a historical compilation Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum. The Libellus de Exordio, a history of the …more
Symeon was author of two historical works which are particularly valuable for northern affairs, the Libellus de Exordio atque Procursu istius, hoc est Dunelmensis, Ecclesie (The Little Book on the Origins and Progress of this Church, that is of Durham) and a historical compilation Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum. The Libellus de Exordio, a history of the …more
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Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore': An Eleventh-Century Scottish King
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2021
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The Battle of Carham: A Thousand Years On
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2018
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Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom: The Golden Age and the Viking Age (Studies in Celtic History, 40)
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2019
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Symeon of Durham (Studies in Northeastern History)
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1998
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