An Annotated Bibliography of Printed and Online Primary Sources for the Middle Ages
Ordericus Vitalis
lived
c.
1075-1142
Ordericus Vitalis was born in Shropshire, England around 1075 to an English mother and Norman father. At age ten, his father sent him to the abbey of St. Evroult in Normandy where he would remain until his death around 1142. Despite spending the majority of his life in Normandy, Ordericus Vitalis always considered himself an Englishman and often added “Angligena” to his name. His work on the Historia Ecclesiastica began when he was commissioned by his superiors to write a chronicle of the abbey, but the chronicle soon expanded to 13 books and also included the history of Christianity, deeds of William the Conqueror, and other events in English and Norman history, making it one of the most important historical documents of the time. TLM
OMSB Records by Ordericus Vitalis:
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume III (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume VI (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).
- Amt, Emilie, ed., Medieval England 1000-1500: A Reader (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures, VI. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2000).
- Van Houts, Elisabeth M. C., edit. and trans., The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni (vols. I and II) (Oxford Medieval Texts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992 [RPT 2003]).
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume I (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume IV (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).
- van Houts, Elisabeth, trans., The Normans in Europe (Manchester Medieval Sources Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000).
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume V (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).
- Chibnall, Marjorie, ed., trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis Volume II (Oxford: Clarendon, 1969).