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    Eadmer or Edmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) was an English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic. He is known for being a contemporary biographer of his archbishop...
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    (subscription required) Bosanquet (tr.) Eadmer's History p. 53 Carpenter Struggle for Mastery p. 132 Bosanquet (tr.) Eadmer's History p. 54 William of Malmesbury...
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    Bleasdale parish church, probably the only one anywhere dedicated to Saint Eadmer. Bleasdale Circle, a Bronze Age circular earthwork, originally with an outer...
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    by the leading chroniclers, William of Malmesbury, John of Worcester and Eadmer, who acknowledged his assistance in their histories. Several letters to...
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    and Dominican 'Thomists' against it. The English ecclesiastic and scholar Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) reasoned that it was possible that Mary was conceived...
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    – 1072) Lanfranc (c. 1005 – 1089) Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109) Eadmer (c. 1060 – c. 1126) Florence of Worcester (d. 1118) Symeon of Durham (d...
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    chaplain and secretary Eadmer (Vita et Conversatione Anselmi Cantuariensis) and the monk Alexander (Ex Dictis Beati Anselmi). Eadmer also detailed Anselm's...
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    would-be successor Eadmer shows that Alexander's wishes were not always accepted by the religious community, perhaps because Eadmer had the backing of...
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  • made earl of Wessex c.1018, and according to the twelfth-century historian Eadmer, the earl of Kent. He was step-father to King Edward the Confessor (c.1003-1066)...
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    Osbern's account is rejected by later chroniclers and modern historians. When Eadmer wrote a life of Dunstan in the early twelfth century, he included an account...
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