Widukind of Corvey
925 –980
Historian, Writer, Monk
Lived 55 years
- Born in
- Germany
- Passed away in
- Princely Abbey of Corvey
Widukind of Corvey (c. 920–925 – after 973) was a medieval Saxon chronicler and a monk of monastery of Corvey in Germany during the middle third of the 10th century. His three-volume Res gestae Saxonicae sive annalium libri tres is an important chronicle of 10th-century Germany during the rule of the Ottonian dynasty.
Notable works: Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres
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