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Richard of Devizes

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was a monk of the priory of St. Swithun, at Winchester, in the 12th century, who wrote a history of the first years of the reign of Richard I 1189-92: Chronicon Ricardi Divisiensis de Rebus Gestis Ricardi Primi Regis Anglioe (Lond. 1838, 8vo): also Richard of Cirencester's Description of Britain; translated and edited by J. Giles (Lond. 1841, 8vo): Chronicles of the Crusades (1848, sm. 8vo). See Wright, Biog. Brit. Lit. etc.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Richard of Devizes'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​r/richard-of-devizes.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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