Roger of Wendover
Roger died 1236 - Was a contemporary of Matthew Paris 1200–1259
Roger of Wendover d. 1236
Roger of Wendover was a contemporary of Matthew Paris at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.
Matthew Paris and Roger
Paris died in 1200, if Roger was abbot at St. Albans then he would have known him. Both Matthew and Wendover were noteable chroniclers of the 13th century
Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History)
Roger is the first in the series of important chroniclers who worked at St Albans. His best-known chronicle, called the Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History), is based in large part on material which already existed at St Albans. The actual nucleus of the early part of Roger's Flowers of History is supposed to have been the compilation of John de Cella (also known as John of Wallingford), who was abbot of St Albans from 1195 to 1214, although that is inconclusive.
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