The life and writings of Odo of Deuil : Abbot of Saint-Denis
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Conor McCann, 'The life and writings of Odo of Deuil : Abbot of Saint-Denis', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2013, pp 367Download Item:
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Odo of Deuil is best known in modem historiography as an eyewitness historian of the
Second Crusade, having participated in that expedition as the chaplain of King Louis
VII of France. Odo's account of the crusade, the De Profectione Ludovici VII in
Orientem, constitutes the most important narrative of the event. Odo, however, has
often come in for criticism in modern historiography for what are seen as his intolerant
views regarding the Byzantine Empire and also his lack of criticism of Louis's actions.
Odo has thus been somewhat pigeon holed simply as an anti-Greek crusading historian.
This is particularly unfortunate given that Odo was a monk at the famous French abbey
of St. Denis during the abbacy of the powerful Abbot Suger. Indeed, following Suger's
death in 1151, Odo himself became the abbot of St. Denis.
Author: McCann, Conor
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