Matthew Paris on the Web
Biographical
Catholic Encyclopedia: Matthew Paris
Concise bio by Herbert Thurston.Matthew Paris
Substantial, heavily-hyperlinked biography at Wikipedia.January 21, 1217 • Matthew Paris Takes First Step toward Preserving History
Some basic info about Paris is accompanied by a nice little illustration probably executed by Paris himself, at the Christian History Institute.
Contribution to Historical
Records
Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: § 19. Matthew Paris
An overview of the status of historical chronicle in the time period, from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, online at Bartleby.com.
Primary Sources
Grant of a New Fair at Westminster, 1248
Brief document from the J.A. Giles translation, at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.King Henry III's Reformation of the Coinage, 1248
Interesting description of the proble, from the J.A. Giles translation at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.
Artwork
A Young Man Knighted
Illustration at CGFA.Matthew Paris' world map, 1250
Image of the map at the Cartographic Images site.
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