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Orderic Vitalis

1075 - 1142

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Orderic Vitalis (Latin: Ordericus Vitalis; 16 February 1075 – c. 1142) was an English chronicler and Benedictine monk who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th- and 12th-century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England. Working out of the Abbey of Saint-Evroul, he is credited with writing the Historia Ecclesiatica, a work detailing the history of Europe and the Mediterranean from the birth of Jesus Christ into his own age. The son of a cleric, he was of born into a noble family, claiming both English and Norman heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orderic Vitalis has received more than 209,198 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Orderic Vitalis is the 2,308th most popular writer (down from 2,121st in 2019), the 1,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,633rd in 2019) and the 199th most popular British Writer.

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  • 210k

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

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  • 3.30

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Orderic Vitalis ranks 2,308 out of 5,755. Before him are Jean Bruller, Frigyes Karinthy, Rudolf Rocker, Michael Choniates, Eduard Uspensky, and Neil Postman. After him are Ueda Akinari, Simon Dach, Mahsati, Johann Nestroy, Li Shangyin, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1075, Orderic Vitalis ranks 8. Before him are Al-Zamakhshari, Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, Adelard of Bath, Emperor Taizong of Jin, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, and Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia. After him is Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney. Among people deceased in 1142, Orderic Vitalis ranks 4. Before him are Peter Abelard, Yue Fei, and Alexios Komnenos. After him are Godfrey II, Count of Louvain and Andronikos Komnenos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Orderic Vitalis ranks 1,777 out of 7,765. Before him are James Gillray (1756), Edward Balliol (1283), Augustus Pugin (1812), Bill Foulkes (1932), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), and Keith Flint (1969). After him are Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Sandie Shaw (1947), Roland Joffé (1945), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), and Andrew Wakefield (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Orderic Vitalis ranks 199. Before him are Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Rebecca West (1892), William Beckford (1760), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), and George Whitefield (1714). After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), James Boswell (1740), Clive Barker (1952), Michael Jackson (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and John Webster (1578).

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