Baldric of Dol was abbot of Bourgueil from 1079 to 1106, then bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne from 1107 until his death. After a course of studies at the school of Angers, he entered the Abbey of Bourgueil in Anjou, where he became abbot in 1079. In addition to his various official duties, he was an active participant in the loose association of regional Latin literary writers known today as the Loire School. In 1107 he received from Pope Paschal II the pallium of Bishop of Dol.

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  • Baldric of Dol was abbot of Bourgueil from 1079 to 1106, then bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne from 1107 until his death. After a course of studies at the school of Angers, he entered the Abbey of Bourgueil in Anjou, where he became abbot in 1079. In addition to his various official duties, he was an active participant in the loose association of regional Latin literary writers known today as the Loire School. In 1107 he received from Pope Paschal II the pallium of Bishop of Dol. He assisted at all the councils held in his day, traveled several times to Rome, and left an account of a journey to England. He exercised considerable activity in reforming monastic discipline. The last years of his life were spent in retirement. He is remembered as the author of important or interesting contributions to history, poetry, and hagiography. Balderic's poetic oeuvre was written almost entirely while abbot at Bourgueil. The 256 extant poems are found almost exclusively in a single contemporary manuscript which is most likely an authorized copy. They consist of a wide range of poetic forms ranging from epitaphs, riddles and epistolary poems to longer pieces such as an interpretative defense of Greek mythology and a praise poem for Adela of Normandy that describes something very like the Bayeux Tapestry within its 1,368 lines. His thematics are dominated by two great topics: desire/friendship (amor)--including paedophiliac--and game/poetry (iocus). His constant citations and interpretations reveal a deep knowledge and appreciation of Ovid that was rare for the age. Balderic's most valuable work from the second part of his career is his "Historiae Hierosolymitanae libri IV", an account of the First Crusade, based in part on the testimony of eyewitnesses, and submitted for correction to the Abbot Peter of Maillezais, who had accompanied the Crusaders. Among his other works are poems on the conquest of England and on the reign of Philip I; lives, in Latin, of his friend Robertus de Arbrissello, of St. Valerian, and of St. Hugh of Rouen; finally a letter to the monks of Fécamp Abbey which contains some valuable material relating to Breton manners, and to English and Norman monasteries.
  • Balderich von Bourgueil (lat. auch Baldericus Burgulianus oder Baldericus Burguliensis, fr. Baudri de Bourgueil, seltener Balderich von Dol; * 1046; † 7. Januar 1130 in Préaux) war ein französischer Abt, Bischof, Schriftsteller und Dichter im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert.
  • Baudri de Bourgueil o Balderic fou un cronista francès, nascut a Meung-sur-Loire vers el 1060 i mort el 1130, fou abat de Bourgueil, més tard bisbe de Dol-de-Bretagne el 1107. Va escriure, sota el títol de Historia Hierosolymitana, la història de la primera croada, i fou publicada en el recull de Jacques Bongars i la Vie de Robert d'Arbrissel, dins el recull de Jean Bolland.
  • Baldéric ou encore Baudry, chroniqueur, né à Meung-sur-Loire vers 1060, mort en 1130, fut abbé de Bourgueil, puis évêque de Dol-de-Bretagne en 1107. Il a donné, sous le titre de Historia Hierosolymitana, l'histoire de la première croisade, publiée dans le recueil de Jacques Bongars et la Vie de Robert d'Arbrissel, dans le recueil de Jean Bolland. Moraliste, il s’élève contre le contenu de plus en plus faible des rouleaux des morts, parchemins transmis d’abbaye en abbaye à l’occasion de la mort d'un moine.
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  • Baldric of Dol was abbot of Bourgueil from 1079 to 1106, then bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne from 1107 until his death. After a course of studies at the school of Angers, he entered the Abbey of Bourgueil in Anjou, where he became abbot in 1079. In addition to his various official duties, he was an active participant in the loose association of regional Latin literary writers known today as the Loire School. In 1107 he received from Pope Paschal II the pallium of Bishop of Dol.
  • Balderich von Bourgueil (lat. auch Baldericus Burgulianus oder Baldericus Burguliensis, fr. Baudri de Bourgueil, seltener Balderich von Dol; * 1046; † 7. Januar 1130 in Préaux) war ein französischer Abt, Bischof, Schriftsteller und Dichter im 11. und 12. Jahrhundert.
  • Baudri de Bourgueil o Balderic fou un cronista francès, nascut a Meung-sur-Loire vers el 1060 i mort el 1130, fou abat de Bourgueil, més tard bisbe de Dol-de-Bretagne el 1107. Va escriure, sota el títol de Historia Hierosolymitana, la història de la primera croada, i fou publicada en el recull de Jacques Bongars i la Vie de Robert d'Arbrissel, dins el recull de Jean Bolland.
  • Baldéric ou encore Baudry, chroniqueur, né à Meung-sur-Loire vers 1060, mort en 1130, fut abbé de Bourgueil, puis évêque de Dol-de-Bretagne en 1107. Il a donné, sous le titre de Historia Hierosolymitana, l'histoire de la première croisade, publiée dans le recueil de Jacques Bongars et la Vie de Robert d'Arbrissel, dans le recueil de Jean Bolland.
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