Help us create a biggest collection of medieval chronicles and manuscripts on line.
#   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z 
Medieval chronicles, historical sources, history of middle ages, texts and studies

MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. Vol. I. B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1066.

DOWNLOAD THE ONLY FULL EDITIONS of

Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Ajoining Countries from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV in 12 volumes 

Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet (Sir John Froissart's Chronicles continuation) in 13 volumes 

 
 
 
  Previousall pages

Next  

MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER
The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. Vol. I. B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1066.
page 151



the stream of the Tiber, and by way of derision took him to Vigenna, and threw him into the Rhone. For it is called Vigenna, as if it were Via Gehennas (the way to hell), because it was then the place of a curse. But the wicked spirits were there also, doing the same things in that place. Therefore, these men, not being able to bear being infested with daemons to such a degree, removed that vessel of cursing from them, and sent it to be buried in the territory of the city of Lausanne. The men of Lausanne, as they were also greatly afflicted in consequence by such hostilities as I have already described, removed it from themselves, and threw it down a well, which was surrounded on all sides by mountains, where even to this day, according to some accounts, some diabolical machinations are seen to be boiling over. In the scholastic histories it is said that Pilate was accused before Tiberius of the violent murder of the Innocents, and because too, in spite of the outcries of the Jews, he had placed images of the Gentile gods in the temple, and because he had appropriated to his own purposes money which had been laid up for Corban, and with it had made an aqueduct leading to his own house ; and that for all these things he was exiled to Lyons, where he was born ; in order that he might die to the disgrace of his nation. CH. III.— FROM A.D. 39 το A.D. 117. Herod is deprived of his kingdom—Caligula—Claudius—St. Peter is made Pope—St. Mark—Guiderius and Arviragus, kings of Britain—Famine at Rome—Nero—Festus—St. James—Mary Magdalene—Simon Magus—Nero sets fire to Rome—Galba—Otho—Vitellius—Vespasian persecutes the Jews—Titus takes Jerusalem—John—Simon—Linus succeeds Peter as Pope—Arviragus dies— The Picts under Roderic arrive in Britain—The Scots—Inacus, king of Britain—Domitian—St. John is banished to Patino»—Quinctilian—Clement is Pope—Trajan's reign, victories, persecutions of the Christians, and death. A.D. 39. The emperor stripped Herod of his kingdom, and condemned him with the adulterous Herodias to eternal exile ; the damsel who danced was swallowed up alive by the earth. A.D. 40. Caesar ordered the temple which was at Jerusalem to be profaned by the sacrifices of the Gentiles, and placed a


  Previous First Next  
 
 
 
 

"Medievalist" is an educational project designed as a digital collection of chronicles, documents and studies related to the middle age history. All materials from this site are permitted for non commersial use unless otherwise indicated. If you reduplicate documents from here you have to indicate "Medievalist" as a source and place link to us.