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WIDUKIND , Saxon historian, was the author of Res gestae Saxonicae. Nothing is known of his See also:life except that he was a See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk at the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of See also:Corvey, and that he died about 1004, although various other conjectures have been formed by students of his See also:work. He is also supposed to have written lives of St See also:Paul and St See also:Thecla, but no traces of these now remain. It is uncertain whether he was a See also:resident at the See also:court of the See also:emperor See also:Otto the See also:Great or not, and also whether he was on intimate terms with Otto's illegitimate son See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, See also:archbishop of See also:Mainz. His Res gestae Saxonicae, dedicated to See also:Matilda, See also:abbess of Quedlinburg, who was a daughter of Otto the Great, is divided into three books, and the greater See also:part of it was undoubtedly written during the lifetime of the emperor, probably about 968. Starting with certain surmises upon the origin of the See also:Saxons, he deals with the See also:war between Theuderich I., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Austrasia, and the Thuringians, in which the Saxons played an important part. An allusion to the See also:conversion of the See also:race to See also:Christianity under See also:Charlemagne brings him to the See also:early Saxon See also:dukes and the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the See also:Fowler, whose See also:campaigns are referred to in some detail. The second See also:book opens with the See also:election of Otto the Great as See also:German king, treats of the risings against his authority, and concludes with the See also:death of his wife Edith in 946. In the third book the historian deals with Otto's expedition into See also:France, his troubles with his son See also:Ludolf and his son-in-See also:law, See also:Conrad the Red, See also:duke of See also:Lorraine, and the various See also:wars in See also:Germany; but makes only casual reference to Otto's visits to See also:Italy in 951 and 962. He gives a vivid See also:account of the defeat of the Hungarians on the Lechfeld in See also:August 955, and ends with the death of Otto in 973 and a eulogy on his life.
Widukind formed his See also:style upon that of See also:Sallust; he was See also:familiar with the De vitis Caesarum of Suetonius, the Vita Karoli magni of See also:Einhard, and probably with See also:Livy and See also:Bede. Many quotations from the See also:Vulgate are found in his writings, and there are traces of a knowledge of See also:Virgil, See also:Ovid and other See also:Roman poets. His sentences are occasionally abrupt and lacking in clearness, his Latin words are sometimes germanized (as when he writes michi for mihi) and grammatical errors are not always absent. The earlier part of his work is taken from tradition, but he wrote the contemporary part as one familiar with court life and the events of the See also:day. He says very little about affairs outside Germany, and although laudatory of
monastic life gives due prominence to See also:secular affairs. He writes as a Saxon, proud of the See also:history of his race and an admirer of Henry the Fowler and Otto the Great.
Three See also:manuscripts exist of the Res gestae, one of which is in the See also:British Museum, and the book was first published at See also:Basel in 1532. The best edition is that edited by G. See also:Waitz in the Monumenta Germaniae historica. Scriptores, See also:Band iii. (See also:Hanover and See also:Berlin, 1826). A See also:good edition published at Hanover and See also:Leipzig in 1904 contains an introduction by K. A. Kehr.
See R. Kopke, Widukind von Convey (Berlin, 1867) ; J. Raase, Widukind von Korvei (See also:Rostock, 188o): and B. See also:Simson, " Zur Kritik See also:des Widukind " in the Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft fiir dltere deutsche Geschichte, Band xii. (Hanover, 1876). (A. W.
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