self at Revesby or Rewesby,in Lincolnshire. iElred was a writer of considerablerepute, both as an historian and as a master of thespiritual life. The history of The Battle of the Stan-dard is known only through his description and theGenealogia Regum Anglorum was composed to instruftPrince Henry,… … o s aso w COCO <; X ■J Riepaulx whilst Abbot of Rievaulx, a short time before his death,is that of a monk wrapped in a cloak, sitting on a matspread on the floor before the fire. He is racked withpain, and so doubled up that his head rests almost be-tween his knees. Besides Revesby, of which…
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