Which Benedictine monk wrote 'Chronica Majora', a history of the world from the creation to 1959?
Chronica Majora Chronica Majora The Chronica Majora is an important medieval illuminated manuscript chronicle written in Latin by Matthew Paris, a Benedictine monk living in the Abbey of St Albans. The work begins with the creation of the world and contains annals up to 1259, the year of Paris's death. The content up to 1234 or 1235 is primarily based on "Flores Historiarum" by Roger of Wendover (d. 1236), with additions; after that date the material is Paris's own, written in his own hand from the entry for 1213 onward. The first two parts of the "Chronica", covering the years up to
Chronica sancti Pantaleonis Chronica sancti Pantaleonis The Chronica sancti Pantaleonis, also called the Annales sancti Panthaleonis Coloniensis maximi, is a medieval Latin universal history written at the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pantaleon in Cologne. It was written in 1237 and covers the history of the world in a series of annals from Creation down to the year of composition. A continuation down to 1249 was added later. Up to the year 1199 it relies heavily on other sources; from 1200 it is an independent source. The "Chronica" emphasises the four "great kingdoms" of "Daniel" (the "regna maxima"). For ancient history, it relies on