Henry of Huntingdon's message to the people of 2135, from his Historia Anglorum of 1135 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=e02Hp6kB7FIC&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/pMZVTaB8nf
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Richard of Devizes in the L12thC had a rather less favourable opinion of the various English cities, however... https://archive.org/stream/chronicleofricha00rich#page/60/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/YeBINdydcw
Of course, according to Richard of Devizes in c. 1192, no city in England was quite as terrible and sinful as London…pic.twitter.com/aiVvCWPGhI
He was such a grump! Fun to compare this with William Fitz Stephen
Definitely! And yes, implausibly lavish praise vs complete disdain, lol! :)
"#Lincoln's people boundless in beauty!"
Not that Henry, a canon of Lincoln cathedral, was biased at all....! ;)
not a bad place then really...
Especially Lincoln, if you believe Henry (who just so happened to be local and a canon of Lincoln!)
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Hooray Henry ?
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