Hugh of Fleury

Who is Hugh of Fleury?

Hugh of Fleury was a French Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer. He is known only by his works.

In 1109 he compiled an ecclesiastical history in four volumes, up to the death of Charles the Great. In the following year he made another edition of the work in six volumes, arranging the contents in a better manner, adding notes, especially of a theological nature, and omitting a few things, bringing it up to 855. It appeared in print for the first time at Münster, in 1638, edited by Bernhard Rottendorf. This contains also a letter to Ivo of Chartres and a preface to King Louis the Fat. Selections can be found in Migne, Patrologia Latina, CLXIII.

A chronicle of the kings of France from Pharamond, the legendary first king, to the death of Philip I of France in 1108.

A book narrating the "modern acts of the Frankish kings", covering time from 842 to 1108. A shorter French version is in the Guizot collection, VII, 65-86. This and the next work were formerly ascribed to Ivo of Chartres.

An abbreviated chronicle of the kings of France, written for Louis VI of France, in the work of Rottendorf.