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RogerofWendover

Pre-reading

RogerofWendover（?-1236）wasanEnglishiclerofthe13thtury。AtaehebekatSt。AlbaerwardsheointedpriorofthecellofBelvoir，butheforfeitedthisdignityintheearlyyearsofHenryⅢ，havingbeenfoundguiltyofwastis。HislateryearswerepassedatSt。Albans，wherehediedon6May1236。

WendoverworkedatSt。Albansaoworkwiththeseriesofimportanticlers。TheFlowersofHistoryishisbest-knownicle。ItisbasedionmaterialwhichalreadyexistedatSt。Albans。Probablytheaucleusoftheearlyparter’sFlowersofHistoryissupposedtohavebeeionofJohnofWallingford，whowasabbotofSt。Albansfrom1195to1214。

TheworkdonebyJohheyear1188，andwasrevisedanduedbyRogerupto1235，theyearbeforehisdeath。Rogerhisprefacetohaveselethebooksofcatholicwritersworthyofcredit，justasflowersofvariatheredfromvariousfields”。ThatiswhyhecalledhisworkFloresHistoriarum—atitleappropriatedihturytoalongpilationbyvarioushands。ItletedatWestmiinuingtotheyear1326，whichwasstartedatSt。AlbaheiatthewParis。Thoughitisnowknownthatnoactualiclerofthated，theworkwaslooominster”。

Promptsf

1。Whatdoyouthinkisthepurppastevents?Isittoeaioriesainstevildoingsortoeducatethemtofollowgoodmodels?

2。WhatisRoger’siiraph1?Doeshewahewonderfulaspethepastortoredressmisuandingofthevaluesofhistory?

3。ReyoftheBiblestoriesthatcoodandevildeeds。Arethereanylessonswedrawfromthem?

4。AsanEnglishiclerofthe13thtury，Rogerbaseshiseventsontworesources。Whataretheyandwhattsdotheygenerally?

5。Somehistoricalworkstendtobedull。Hersolvethisprobleminhishist?

[1]Wehavethoughtgoodbrieflytohetsofpasttimes，ahelineageofourSaviorfromthebeginning，withthesusdomsoftheworldandoftheirrulers，fortheinstruofposterity，andtoaidthediligeudioushearer。But，firstwewilladdressawordtodullcavilers，whoaskwhathereismen’slivesahs，orthevariousceswhichbefallthem;orofittingtthedifferentprodigiesofheaveh，as?Noouldhavesusknowthatthelivesofgoodmearesetforthfortheimitatioimes;andthattheexamplesofevilmen，whensuchocottobefollowed，buttobeshuheprodigiesaousocesofpastdays，whetherintheestilenotherchastisementsofGod’swrath，arenotwithoutadmonitiohful。Thereforeisthememoryofthemittedt，thatifeverthelikeshallagainomaypresehemselvestorepentandbythisremedyappeasethedivinevehiscause，therefmanyothers，Moses1，thelaw-giver，setsforthinthesacredhistory，theinnoceofAbel，theenvyof2，thesiyofJob3，thedissimulatiohemaliceofelevenofthesonsofIsrael5，thegoodnessofJosephthetwelfth，thepuhefivetheirdestrubyfireandbrimsto6wemayimitatethegood，aurnfromthewaysofthewidthisnotonlydoesMoses，butalsoallthewritersofthesacredpage，who，byendingvirtue，andholdiestatioheloveandfearofGod。Theyare，therefore，nottobeheeded，whosaythatbooksoficles，especiallythosebyCatholicauthors，areunward;fhthem，whateverisneanwisdomandsalvatioudiousinquirermaybeabletoacquirebyhismemory，apprehendbyhislearnihbyhiseloquence。

[2]Thefollowingwork，then，isdividedintotwobooks，thefirstofwhichtreatsbrieflyoftheOldTestamentofthelawofGhfiveagesoftheworld，untotheingoftheSavior，asthesamearemarkedbyMosesthelaw-giver，withthesusofthekiilesanddoms，withoutwhichthelawofGodottlybesetforth。ForLuke7，theeva，inwritingtheGospelofChrist，madementionofTiberiusCaesar8，andthekingsoftheJewishnation，whosedaysandyearsntoall，totheendthattheadventoftheSavimen，andHisereoflhtetotheknowledgeofall，bymeansofthatwhichhadmoreofsplendorahisihewayofalmostallthewritersofthesacredpage，forthereasoiohesedbookofthisworktreatsofthe，engwiththeinofdhisnativity，andnoticeseveryyear，withoutomittioourtimes，onwhomtheendsoftheworldaree，illtreateinitsproperplaevertheless，forthesakeoffastidiousreaders，whoareeasilywearied，wethinkitgoodtoaimatbrevityinthisourhistory，totheendthatwhiletheyexperieinashortandpleasingnarration，wemaykiheirmindsalthatwhiotweary，and，fromlistlesshearersandfastidiousreaders，vertthemiudents。Finally，thatwhichfollowshasbeehebooksofCatholicwritersworthyofcredit，justasflowersofvariatheredfromvariousfields，totheendthattheveryvariety，hediversityoftheaybegratefultothevariousmindsofthereaders，aingsomewhicheachmayrelish，maysufficefortheprofitaofall。。。

[3]Thesedbookofthiswork，engwiththetimeofgrace，treatsofthenativityofourSavior，andofhisworksihegoftheapostles，asofGodnowglorifiedinheaven，arrangedagtotheyearsofin，withoutomittioourtimes，onwhomtheendsoftheworldaree;inthecourseofwhichittreatsofalltheRomanpontiffsatreats，moreover，ofarchbishops，bishops，aiesofthechurgs，ahergreatmen，whoiimeslivediregions，as，whethergoodorevil。Ittreats，moreover，ofthevariouscesthathavebefallenmankind，theprodigiousaousmaionofGod’swrath，totheendthat，beingadmoevils，mehemselvestohumiliatioakingaatiood，andshunningthewaysoftheperverse。

Notes

1。Moses:摩西（OldTestament），theHebrewprophetwholedtheIsraelitesfromEgyptacrosstheRedseaonajourneyknownastheExodus。MosesreceivedtheTenentsfromGodonMountSinai。

2。Abeland：亚伯和该隐（OldTestameaertheFallofMan。Abelwaskilledby。

3。Job:约伯（OldTestament），aJewishherowhomaintainedhisfaithinGodinspiteofafflisthattestedhim。

4。Esau:以扫（OldTestamesonofIsaacwhowouldhaveihetthatGodmadewithAbrahamandthatAbrahampassedontoIsaac。HetradedhisbirthrighttohistwinbrotherJaessofpottage。

5。Israel:以色列，即雅各的别名，有12个儿子，约瑟（Joseph）为其第12子。