The Ordericus Vitalis Group.
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Last Updated January 2010
The "Ordericus Vitalis" Group meet each week to study and
translate medieval Latin documents, mainly relating to Shropshire.
The group developed from some of the courses in medieval Latin held in the
Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury. When each group of documents is
complete, the transcripts and translations are deposited in Shropshire Archives
to make available for use by others studying local history, family history etc.
For details of the progress so far please click here
This Spring the dates are: 13th January 2010, 20th January 2010, 27th January 2010,
3rd February 2010, 17th February 2010, 24th February 2010,
3rd March 2010, 17th March 2010, 24th March 2010 and 31st March 2010.
(Easter Sunday is 4th April 2010).
Next Summer the dates are: 21st April 2010, 28th April 2010,
5th May 2010, 19th May 2010, 26th May 2010 and other dates yet to be booked.
The group takes its name from the historian Ordericus Vitalis
(1075-1143), whose father came to England with Roger of Montgomery and settled
in Shrewsbury. Ordericus was baptised in Atcham but became a monk at St Evroult
in Normandy, where (apart from short visits) he spent the rest of his life
and wrote his "Historia Ecclesia". He retained his interest in his native land
and so seems a suitable "patron" for our small group. The picture shows one
of the group (Di Bryan) by the monument in St Evroult commemorating Ordericus
Vitalis.
Societas Orderici Vitalis novos discipulos semper salutat.
Si velis plus congnoscere, quaere Dr Sylvia Watts (sylvia@latin-docs.org).
Members of the group regularly attend the
Latin and Paleography
Summer School held annually at the University of Keele.
Page maintained by Susan Laflin for the
Ordericus Vitalis group.