RICHARD OF DEVIZES

dĭvīˈzĭz, fl. late 12th cent., English chronicler and monk. He wrote a lively Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi primi [chronicle of the deeds of Richard I], a valuable historical source having information not found elsewhere. He may also have been the author of part (as far as 1202) of the annals of Winchester.

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books on: Richard of Devizes  - 192 results

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The Parliamentary Diary of Sir Richard Cocks, 1698-1702
Book by D. Hayton W.; Oxford University Press, 1996
Subjects: Cocks, Richard--Sir--Ca. 1658-1726, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1689-1702--Sources, Legislators--Great Britain--Diaries
...ii . 52-3. CHILD, Sir FRANCIS 1642-1712 , of East End House, Fulham, and the Marygold by Temple Bar, London. MP Devizes 1698-1702, 1705-8, 1710-13, London 1702-5. Ld. mayor, London 1698-9. See F. G. Hilton Price, A Handbook...
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The Backbench Diaries of Richard Crossman
Book by Janet Morgan, R. H. S. Crossman; Holmes & Meier, 1981
Subjects: Crossman, R. H. S--(Richard Howard Stafford)--1907-1974--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1945-1964, Statesmen--Great Britain--Diaries
...South-West and an enthusiastic supporter of land nationalization. An ardent Socialist, he failed to get into Parliament in 1964 as candidate for Devizes but continued to work throughout the Labour Government on Labours policy committees.
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The Poems of Richard Lovelace
Book by C. H. Wilkinson, Richard Lovelace; The Clarendon Press, 1925
Subjects: English Poetry--17th Century
...The humble petition of Richard Lovelace Esquire, a Prisoner in the Gatehouse...under June 17 that, M r Bainton M P for Devizes deliuered in the petition of Captaine...fixed in the case of Sir Roger Twisden and Richard Spencer, two of those who originally...
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An Eighteenth Century Miscellany: The Classics of the Eighteenth Century Which Typify and Reveal an Era: Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay, the Earl of Chesterfield, Laurence Sterne, Horace Walpole, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edward Gibbon, William Blake
Book by Louis Kronenberger; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1936
Subjects: English Literature--18th Century
...in itself. I successively chose and rejected the crusade of Richard I., the barons wars against John and Henry III., the history...England ." BERITON, JANUARY 1762. In a months absence from the Devizes . "During this interval of repose I again turned my thoughts...
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The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Observations of Thirteenth-Century Life
Book by Richard Vaughan; The University Press, 1958
Subjects: Paris, Matthew--1200-1259
...Gave Matthew some cloth. 3 Richard, earl of Cornwall, brother...on information given him by Richard himself. 5 Hubert de Burgh...Matthew about his escape from Devizes in 1233; 6 and many of Matthews...based on his information. 7 Richard of Clare, earl of Gloucester...
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journal articles on: Richard of Devizes  - 10 results

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London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558
Journal article by John Micheal Crafton; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, London Civic Theatre: City Drama and Pageantry from Roman Times to 1558. (Book)--Book reviews
...Confessors or the sufferings which glorified the constancy of Martyrs" (31). Furthermore, a twelfth-century text by Richard Devizes includes a story of warning to a young man about the dangers of London life, the descriptions of which align "theatrum...
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Young Women in France and England, 1050-1300
Journal article by Fiona Harris Stoertz; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 12, 2001
Subjects: Women--History
...Roger of Wendover, Chronica , 1: 184; Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of Richard of Devizes , 26; and Chris Given-Wilson and Alice...Wendover, Chronica , 1:154-58, 184; and Richard of Devizes, Chronicle of Richard of Devizes , 26...
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'Li Anemis Meismes': Satan and Synagogue in 'La Queste del Saint Graal.'
Journal article by Anne Marie D'Arcy; Medium Aevum, Vol. 66, 1997
Subjects: Devil--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Jews--Portrayals, depictions, etc., La Queste del Saint Graal (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romances--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...The Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192; Known Commonly under...Formation, p. 6 5. (118) The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes of The Time of King Richard The First, ed. J. T. Appleby (London...
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Milton's Military Heaven Revisited
Journal article by Ronald Bedford; AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association, 2006
Subjects: English literature, Epic literature, Literary criticism, Milton, John (1608-74), Poetry
...the Battle of Roundway Down, Devizes, 13 July 1643, a single London...easily caught, by Captain Richard Atkyns, who vividly recalls...Walter Slingsby, watching from Devizes, saw "the enemies whole body...flattering the new incumbent Richard Cromwell-whose rule Milton...
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Annual Report for 2004
Journal article by Charles F. Bryan Jr.; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 113, 2005
...and Chief Financial Officer Richard S. V. Heiman. We reached...and grounds in the Borough of Devizes, Wiltshire, England. Gift...volume. Kept, presumably, by Richard Crump while in partnership...May 1, of Robert Brent to Richard Brent (of Prince William County...
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magazine articles on: Richard of Devizes  - 5 results

 
 
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Sherborne Castle
Magazine article by Richard Ollard; History Today, Vol. 44, March 1994
Subjects: Castles--England, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--England, Sherborne, England--Historic sites
Sherborne Castle by Richard Ollard * Before our rulers...built castles at Malmesbury and Devizes, for space very large, for...Salisbury in the time of Bishop Richard Poore, the builder of the...is still abundantly clear, Richard Ollard is a freelance writer...
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The Methuen Treaty: December 27th, 1703
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 53, December 2003
Subjects: Commercial treaties--18th century AD, Methuen, John, Port wine--18th century AD, Port wine--International trade, Portugal--International trade, United Kingdom--International trade
The Methuen Treaty: December 27th, 1703. by Richard Cavendish PORT WINE PLAYED the same role in Portugal that...greatest clothier of the day and MP for the cloth town of Devizes from the 1690s to his death. He was also Lord Chancellor...
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Britain 1200
Magazine article by Emma Mason; History Today, Vol. 50, May 2000
Subjects: Demography--History, United Kingdom--History, 1066-1485 (Medieval period)
...the end of the twelfth century, Richard of Devizes wrote that London swarmed with...classes. The royal treasurer, Richard Fitz Nigel, wrote in the 1180s...theologians. The accession of Richard I in 1189 led to savage outbursts...
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Let's Get Medieval
Magazine article by Toby Lichtig; New Statesman, Vol. 136, July 30, 2007
Subjects: All Shall Be Well; And All Shall Be Well; And All Manner of Things Shall Be Well (Novel)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...adulthood by throwing himself into an imagined history: a mania for medieval re-enactment. He wears a tunic, quotes Richard of Devizes and refuses to consume food that is OOP (out of period). His nose fits in nicely with his garb: when he is apprehended...
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The Princely Court in Northern Europe, 1270-1380: Malcolm Vale Argues That the Spectacular Culture of the Early Modern Court Had Its Origins in the Medieval Princely Household
Magazine article by Malcolm Vale; History Today, Vol. 52, July 2002
Subjects: Courts and courtiers--Travel, Henry VIII, King of England--Homes and haunts, Louis XIV, King of France--Homes and haunts, Royal houses--Europe
...problem. The hundred or so years before Richard II came to the English throne (1377...was the origin of the badge--such as Richard IIs white hart, depicted on the Wilton...confined to the well-known court of Richard II (1377-99). Other rulers had such...


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newspaper articles on: Richard of Devizes  - 66 results

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We Were Snatched from Jaws of Death: 999 Special; There's a Fine Dividing Line between Life and Death but Mercifully All These Sensational Stories Have a Happy Ending. NIGEL BLUNDELL Reports on the Dramas Which Will Unfold in a New Series of the BBC Favourite 999
Newspaper article by Nigel Blundell; The People (London, England), April 25, 1999
...mere millimetre of Tims brain. Tims parents were next to arrive on the scene in the village of Seend, near Devizes, Wilts. Richard Ellinger recalls: "Tim was lying in the middle of the road only 50 metres from our house. As I ran towards...
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Love Your Bangers and Bacon? Then Prepare for an Unappetising Shock. DANNY PENMAN Traced the True Origins of 'British' Pork from His Local Supermarket ... All the Way to a Polish Factory Farm, Where He Found Thousands of Pigs Suffering in Truly Horrific Conditions; Distressing: Animals That Love Rooting about in Woodland Are Crammed into This Polish Factory Farm
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 17, 2009
Subjects: Germany (World War II), Swine
...from locallyreared pigs. The further you get from Dover the worse animal welfare becomes, says Richard Guy, a traditional pig farmer from Devizes in Wiltshire. His pigs are reared in old-fashioned sties with plenty of straw. He sells his...
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Ancient Gold Pins Found in Canister; Bronze Age Artefacts Were in Professor's Desk
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), October 23, 2008
...between 1900 and 1700BC. But in the early 1960s Cardiff Universitys Professor Richard Atkinson borrowed about 200 of them from Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes for research. He died and they were looked after by Professor John Evans. But...
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A Forgotten Mozart; Music Maestro: Young Mozart with His Father and Sister Nannerl
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 30, 2008
...recite a poem hehad written concerning the sad death of his pet dog. What was this poem? Bert Lamb, Devizes, Wiltshire. Q: Why is aerial combat between aircraft called dogfights?Richard Liddle (agedten), Clacton-On-Sea, Essex
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BIN BROTHER; Fury over Spy Microchips Secretly Installed in 500,000 Wheelies to Check Your Rubbish
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 28, 2006
...communities waste across Britain. Areas include Devizes in Wiltshire, St Helens in Merseyside...in Northumberland and South Norfolk. Richard Carden, South Norfolk council chairman...Kennet District council, which includes Devizes, said the tags were mainly used to settle...
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encyclopedia articles on: Richard of Devizes  - 2 results

 
 
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Richard of Devizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RICHARD OF DEVIZES divi ziz, fl. late 12th cent., English chronicler and monk. He wrote...lively Chronicon de rebus gestis Ricardi primi chronicle of the deeds of Richard I, a valuable historical source having information not found elsewhere...
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Crusades
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Lusignan. In Oct., 1192, Richard left the Holy Land, thus ending...wars, which were continued by Richard, earl of Cornwall. They were...are those of William of Tyre , Richard of Devizes , Geoffroi de Villehardouin , Jean...


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