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Amatus of Montecassino (Amatus Casinensis), a Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 monk at the Abbey of Montecassino is one of three Italo-Norman
Italo-Norman

The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italy-born descendants of the first Norman conquest of southern Italy to travel to the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century....
 chronicle
Chronicle

Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronology order. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler....
rs, the others being William of Apulia
William of Apulia

William of Apulia was a chronicler of the Normans, writing in the 1090s. His Latin language poem, The deeds of Robert Guiscard, one of the principal contemporary sources for the Norman conquests in southern Italy, was composed between 1096 and 1099....
 and Goffredo Malaterra
Goffredo Malaterra

Goffredo Malaterra was an eleventh century Benedictine monk and chronicler of Normans origin. He moved to the Mezzogiorno as a youth and entered the monastery of Sant'Eufemia and later that of Sant'Agata at Catania, on the isle of Sicily....
. His History of the Normans (L'Ystoire de li Normant) in eight books, originally written in Latin ca 1080, but preserved only in a later Old French
Old French

Old French was the Romance languages dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300....
 version, is a prime source for retrieving the history of the Normans in the Mediterranean, as seen from the perspective of the great Abbey, which was one of the most important cultural and religious centers of 11th-century Christendom.






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Amatus of Montecassino (Amatus Casinensis), a Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 monk at the Abbey of Montecassino is one of three Italo-Norman
Italo-Norman

The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italy-born descendants of the first Norman conquest of southern Italy to travel to the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century....
 chronicle
Chronicle

Generally a chronicle is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronology order. Typically, equal weight is given for historically important events and local events, the purpose being the recording of events that occurred, seen from the perspective of the chronicler....
rs, the others being William of Apulia
William of Apulia

William of Apulia was a chronicler of the Normans, writing in the 1090s. His Latin language poem, The deeds of Robert Guiscard, one of the principal contemporary sources for the Norman conquests in southern Italy, was composed between 1096 and 1099....
 and Goffredo Malaterra
Goffredo Malaterra

Goffredo Malaterra was an eleventh century Benedictine monk and chronicler of Normans origin. He moved to the Mezzogiorno as a youth and entered the monastery of Sant'Eufemia and later that of Sant'Agata at Catania, on the isle of Sicily....
. His History of the Normans (L'Ystoire de li Normant) in eight books, originally written in Latin ca 1080, but preserved only in a later Old French
Old French

Old French was the Romance languages dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300....
 version, is a prime source for retrieving the history of the Normans in the Mediterranean, as seen from the perspective of the great Abbey, which was one of the most important cultural and religious centers of 11th-century Christendom. Amatus describes the Norman sieges of Bari
Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas....
 and Salerno
Salerno

Salerno is a town in southern Italy, capital of the Province of Salerno of the same name, in the region of Campania. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, the conquest of Sicily, and the career of Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard

Robert Guiscard, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, or the Fox, was a Normans adventurer conspicuous in the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
, as well as the Gregorian Reform
Gregorian Reform

The Gregorian Reforms were a series of reforms initiated by Pope Gregory VII and the circle he formed in the Roman Curia , circa 1050?80, which dealt with the moral integrity and independence of the clergy....
s seen from the papal point-of-view, interspersed with reports of miracles and prophecies.

Many details of 11th-century history, such as the arrow in the eye that killed Harold at the battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Normans victory in the Norman Conquest of England. It was fought between the Norman army of William I of England, and the English people army led by Harold Godwinson....
, owe their origin to the chronicler of Montecassino.

The historical novel by Gabriella Brooke, The Words of Bernfrieda: A Chronicle of Hauteville (Cheney: Eastern Washington University Press, 1999) tells of the lady Fredesenda of Hauteville, mother of Robert Guiscard
Robert Guiscard

Robert Guiscard, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, or the Fox, was a Normans adventurer conspicuous in the Norman conquest of southern Italy....
, as seen by her handmaid, who has met Amatus and intends to record "all that Amatus' chronicle will leave out".