The Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium: study and edition

Abstract

This article edits and analyses the Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium. Written by an anonymous clerk of Rouen cathedral towards 1070, this short text was reviewed and augmented twenty years later by Theoderic, a monk of Saint-Ouen de Rouen, who used the AAR to promote an alternative history of the archbishops of Rouen. The following not only presents the first critical edition, and an English translation, but also a discussion of the history of the text and the archdiocese which produced it.

Keywords

• archbishop of Rouen
• Acta archiepiscoporum Rotomagensium
• John of Ivry
• gesta episcoporum
• Theoderic
• monk of Saint-Ouen de Rouen