Richer of Senones
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Richer of Senones (sometimes in
Vosges
whose works have survived complete.
Life
He was born probably around 1190, quite possibly in the Val de Lièpvre (now in
Lotharingian noble family. He studied at Strasbourg and was admitted to Senones Abbey under abbot Henri (1202–1225). In about 1218 Richer was sent as an ambassador of Senones to Würzburg when Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, was prisoner of Emperor Frederick II, after the fire of Nancy and the siege of Amance
.
He travelled extensively throughout the Vosges, which he knew extremely well, and throughout Alsace and Lorraine, where he often encountered monks from
Saint-Dié
.
Works
Richer is an enthusiastic recorder of his travels, and of religious stories and traditions that he has encountered. Unusually for the time, he is also a fine observer of landscapes, particularly the spectacular scenery of the Vosges, and takes great pains to describe what he has observed. A peculiarity of his language is the use of the word "Teudons"[2] to describe the inhabitants of Alsace.
His
Moyenmoutier and Etival
.
See also
Notes
- ^ In about 960 Gorze Abbey re-established Moyenmoutier Abbey and a number of others dependent upon it, possibly including Senones
- Teutons"
Sources
- Dantand, Dominique, 1988: Chronique de Richer, moine de Senones au XIIIe siècle. DEA d’Histoire médiévale, Université de Nancy II
- Dantand, Dominique, 1996: La Chronique de Richer de Senones. Présentation, édition et traduction. Doctorat d’Histoire Médiévale, Université de Nancy II
- Jérôme, L. 1902: L’Abbaye de Moyenmoutier. Librairie Victor Lecoffre
- Gasse-Grandjean, Marie José, 1992: Les livres dans les abbayes vosgiennes du Moyen Âge. Presses Universitaires de Nancy
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