Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon

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Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon was a 12th-century English cleric and historian best known for his chronicle "Historia Anglorum," which records the history of England from Roman times to his own day.

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instanceOf English historian ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
archdeacon ⓘ
chronicler ⓘ
cleric ⓘ
historian ⓘ
associatedWith Huntingdon ⓘ
Lincoln ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
clericalStatus secular clergy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1088 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 1157 ⓘ
deathPlace probably Lincoln or its environs ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln Cathedral school ⓘ
employer Diocese of Lincoln ⓘ
fieldOfWork ecclesiastical history ⓘ
medieval history ⓘ
genre chronicle ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
hasPartInWork accounts of the Norman Conquest ⓘ
accounts of the Viking invasions ⓘ
biographical sketches of English kings ⓘ
historicalReputation important source for 12th-century English history ⓘ
influencedBy Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
Bede ⓘ
linked to: Venerable Bede
knownFor moralizing reflections in historical narrative ⓘ
writing a narrative history from Roman times to his own day ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
notableWork Historia Anglorum ⓘ
occupation cleric ⓘ
historian ⓘ
placeOfBirth possibly Huntingdon ⓘ
positionHeld Archdeacon of Huntingdon ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sourceFor reign of Henry I of England ⓘ
reign of Stephen of England ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredInHistoriaAnglorum Roman Britain to 12th century ⓘ
usedSources earlier annals and chronicles ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
writingStyle Latin prose ⓘ
wrote epitaphs and poems ⓘ
letters ⓘ
wroteAbout Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
Roman Britain ⓘ
history of England ⓘ
reigns of English kings ⓘ

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Henry of Huntingdon → alternativeName → Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon ⓘ