Pierre de Maillezais explained

Pierre de Maillezais^[1] was the author of a chronicle history in two volumes of Maillezais Abbey, which was located in present-day Vendée, France.

This author, a Benedictine monk, is otherwise little known in terms of hard facts; the manuscript of the chronicle, shortened Latin title Qualiter fuit constructum Malliacense monasterium is now dated to ;^[2] or, and relating to a foundation "myth".^[3] He edited a Crusader work Historiae Hierosolymitanae libri IV written by Baldric of Dol. Older works make the author abbot, and place him somewhat later.^[4] He is reputed as an admirer of Cicero, founder of a library, and a follower of William IX of Aquitaine on the First Crusade.^[5]

References

• Yves Chauvin and Georges Pon (2001), La fondation de l’abbaye de Maillezais: récit du moine Pierre

Notes and References

1. Peter of Maillezais, Petrus Malleacensis.
2. Burkhardt Tutsch, Studien zur Rezeptionsgeschichte der Consuetudines Ulrichs von Cluny (1998), p. 255, following Louis Delhommeau (1961), Notes et documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'abbaye Saint-Pierre de Maillezais, au diocèse de Luçon, depuis sa fondation jusqu’à son érection en évêché par le pape Jean XXII (1317).
3. Amy Goodrich Remensnyder, Remembering Kings Past: Monastic Foundation Legends in Medieval Southern France (1995) p. 20.
4. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09413a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Lucon
5. http://www.histoiredevendee.com/ch12.htm#LITTÉRATURE Croisade ordre religieux militaire vendee canaux marais assechement