Edited by the clergyman and historian James Francis Dimock (1810-76) and published in 1864, this life of the twelfth-century St Hugh, bishop of Lincoln, by his chaplain Adam of Eynsham, is presented in the original Latin. Completed before 1220, after Hugh's death in 1200, this is a detailed portrait of the Carthusian monk, scholar and bishop, by a trusted companion, resulting in an unusually personal and lifelike depiction of Hugh's character. It is one of the last and fullest examples of hagiography from the high middle ages, and is of great interest to historians as Hugh lived through the reigns of three English kings and was personally involved in many important events. As well as reporting the day-to-day activities of a medieval bishop, the text also contains original material on the foundation of the Carthusian house at Witham, tales of marvels and miracles, and notices of public affairs.

Excerpt from Magna Vita S. Hugonis Episcopi Lincolniensis: From Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Imperial Library, Paris My acquaintance with this ms. Has been of some years' standing; and I had used my best endeavours, and made all enquiries in my power, but in vain, after some other ms. Which would supply the missing portion. Copies of this Life must once, and not very long since, have been very numerous; but I could not find, or hear of any other copy now in being, besides this in the Bodleian Library. A few months since, however, my kind friend, J. H. Parker, Esq., of Oxford, discovered for me, in the middle of a ms. Volume of miscellanies in the Imperial Library at Paris, a portion of this Life of St. Hugh, which now enables me, I am most glad to say, to present the whole Life complete. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.