Information about Henry of Huntingdon

For Earl Henry, father of two Scottish kings, see Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1080–1160) was an English historian of the 12th century and archdeacon of Huntingdon.

Most well known for his Historia Anglorum (History of the English) covering the period from the Roman invasion in 43 BC to the accession of Henry II in 1154. It has been estimated that about seventy-five percent derives directly from others' work through direct quotation, translation or summarization, of which about forty percent comes from Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum for the earlier period. It is 'original' for the years 1126–1154, some of the events of which he was often a personal witness, including the reigns of Henry I and Henry II, and the anarchy of King Stephen. His history is full of dramatic stories and was extremely popular and influential with other historians. Yet his work's popularity should not diminish the sense of the Historia as rigorous history, nor of its careful crafting as a contribution to ongoing political debates about ethnicity, nationality, and the justification of rule over England and Wales.

Henry segmented English history according to the five great invasions by the Romans, Picts and Scots, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans. The Historia was organized, in its 1135 version, into seven books entitled:

The Rule of the Romans in Britain
The Coming of the English
The Conversion of the English
The Rule of the English
The Danish Wars
The Coming of the Normans
The Rule of the Normans

Later versions of the Historia included up to three additional books, on saints' lives and other miracles (including a spectacularly gory description of the rotting of Henry I's corpse), and a summary of portions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.

Henry coined the periodization term Heptarchy.

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Diana Greenway (translator), Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon: Historia Anglorum - The History of the English People 1000-1154 (Oxford World's Classics) , Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-19-284075-4.
Thomas Forester (translator), The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1853; George Bell and Sons, 1876.
The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon, online excerpts.

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Latin Chroniclers from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries: Henry of Huntingdon from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, Volume I, 1907–1921.

Henry of Scotland (Eanric mac DabÃd, b. 1114; d. 1152) was a Prince of Scotland, heir to the Kingdom of Alba. He was also Earl of Northumberland and Earl of the Honour of Huntingdon and Northamption.
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10th century - 11st century - 12nd century
1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s
1077 1078 1079 - 1080 - 1081 1082 1083

Lists of leaders
State leaders - Sovereign states

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11st century - 12nd century - 13rd century
1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s
1157 1158 1159 - 1160 - 1161 1162 1163

Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English¹ historians and their works in the Middle Ages.
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archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. An archdeacon is responsible for administration of an archdeaconry
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Huntingdon

Huntingdon (United Kingdom)

Huntingdon shown within the United Kingdom
Population 19,830
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Henry II
By the Grace of God, King of the English
and Duke of the Normans and Aquitanians
and Count of the Angevins
and Lord of Ireland

Reign 25 October 1154-6 July 1189
Coronation 19 December 1154
Born
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Bede (IPA: /ˈbiːd/) (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin) Beda (IPA: [/beda/])), (c.
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Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (in English: Ecclesiastical History of the English People) is a work in Latin by the Venerable Bede on the history of the Church in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between Roman and
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Henry I
King of the English, Duke of the Normans (picture can be found in S.S. books)

Reign 3 August 1100–1 December 1135
Coronation 5 August 1100
Born c.
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The Anarchy or The Nineteen Year Winter refers to a period of English history during the reign (1135–1154) of the Norman King, Stephen of England, which was characterized by civil war and unsettled government

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Stephen
King of the English, Duke of the Normans

Reign 22 December 1135 – 25 October 1154
Coronation 26 December 1135
Born c.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth (Welsh: Gruffudd ap Arthur or Sieffre o Fynwy) (c. 1100 – c. 1155) was a clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history and the popularity of tales of King Arthur.
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Periodization is the attempt to categorize or divide time into discrete named blocks. The result is a descriptive abstraction that provides a useful handle on periods of time with relatively stable characteristics.
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Heptarchy (Greek: ἑπτά + ἀρχή seven + realm) is a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon ancient kingdoms of south, east, and central Great Britain during late antiquity
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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Originally published in 1907-1921, the 18 volumes include 303 chapters and more than 11,000 pages, edited and written by a worldwide panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early twentieth century.
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Henry Of Huntingdon

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