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Why did medieval monks write histories?

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How Many Abbots and Abbesses Did You Find?

About 70 examples of abbots and abbesses who produced historical works. Over a hundred across the middle ages and across the latin west. Am is abbot igil of fulder, from carlingan period. He's the fourth abbot of fulder in germany - not very far from my doorstep.

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