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RogerofWendover
Pre-reading
RogerofWendover（?-1236）wasanEnglishiclerofthe13thtury.AtaehebekatSt.AlbaerwardsheointedpriorofthecellofBelvoir，butheforfeitedthisdignityintheearlyyearsofHenryⅢ，havingbeenfoundguiltyofwastis.HislateryearswerepassedatSt.Albans，wherehediedon6May1236.
WendoverworkedatSt.Albansaoworkwiththeseriesofimportanticlers.TheFlowersofHistoryishisbest-knownicle.ItisbasedionmaterialwhichalreadyexistedatSt.Albans.Probablytheaucleusoftheearlyparter’sFlowersofHistoryissupposedtohavebeeionofJohnofWallingford，whowasabbotofSt.Albansfrom1195to1214.
TheworkdonebyJohheyear1188，andwasrevisedanduedbyRogerupto1235，theyearbeforehisdeath.Rogerhisprefacetohaveselethebooksofcatholicwritersworthyofcredit，justasflowersofvariatheredfromvariousfields”
.ThatiswhyhecalledhisworkFloresHistoriarum—atitleappropriatedihturytoalongpilationbyvarioushands.ItletedatWestmiinuingtotheyear1326，whichwasstartedatSt.AlbaheiatthewParis.Thoughitisnowknownthatnoactualiclerofthated，theworkwaslooominster”
.
Promptsf
1.Whatdoyouthinkisthepurppastevents?Isittoeaioriesainstevildoingsortoeducatethemtofollowgoodmodels?
2.WhatisRoger’siiraph1?Doeshewahewonderfulaspethepastortoredressmisuandingofthevaluesofhistory?
3.ReyoftheBiblestoriesthatcoodandevildeeds.Arethereanylessonswedrawfromthem?
4.AsanEnglishiclerofthe13thtury，Rogerbaseshiseventsontworesources.Whataretheyandwhattsdotheygenerally?
5.Somehistoricalworkstendtobedull.Hersolvethisprobleminhishist?
[1]Wehavethoughtgoodbrieflytohetsofpasttimes，ahelineageofourSaviorfromthebeginning，withthesusdomsoftheworldandoftheirrulers，fortheinstruofposterity，andtoaidthediligeudioushearer.But，firstwewilladdressawordtodullcavilers，whoaskwhathereismen’slivesahs，orthevariousceswhichbefallthem;orofittingtthedifferentprodigiesofheaveh，as?Noouldhavesusknowthatthelivesofgoodmearesetforthfortheimitatioimes;andthattheexamplesofevilmen，whensuchocottobefollowed，buttobeshuheprodigiesaousocesofpastdays，whetherintheestilenotherchastisementsofGod’swrath，arenotwithoutadmonitiohful.Thereforeisthememoryofthemittedt，thatifeverthelikeshallagainomaypresehemselvestorepentandbythisremedyappeasethedivinevehiscause，therefmanyothers，Moses1，thelaw-giver，setsforthinthesacredhistory，theinnoceofAbel，theenvyof2，thesiyofJob3，thedissimulatiohemaliceofelevenofthesonsofIsrael5，thegoodnessofJosephthetwelfth，thepuhefivetheirdestrubyfireandbrimsto6wemayimitatethegood，aurnfromthewaysofthewidthisnotonlydoesMoses，butalsoallthewritersofthesacredpage，who，byendingvirtue，andholdiestatioheloveandfearofGod.Theyare，therefore，nottobeheeded，whosaythatbooksoficles，especiallythosebyCatholicauthors，areunward;fhthem，whateverisneanwisdomandsalvatioudiousinquirermaybeabletoacquirebyhismemory，apprehendbyhislearnihbyhiseloquence.
[2]Thefollowingwork，then，isdividedintotwobooks，thefirstofwhichtreatsbrieflyoftheOldTestamentofthelawofGhfiveagesoftheworld，untotheingoftheSavior，asthesamearemarkedbyMosesthelaw-giver，withthesusofthekiilesanddoms，withoutwhichthelawofGodottlybesetforth.ForLuke7，theeva，inwritingtheGospelofChrist，madementionofTiberiusCaesar8，andthekingsoftheJewishnation，whosedaysandyearsntoall，totheendthattheadventoftheSavimen，andHisereoflhtetotheknowledgeofall，bymeansofthatwhichhadmoreofsplendorahisihewayofalmostallthewritersofthesacredpage，forthereasoiohesedbookofthisworktreatsofthe，engwiththeinofdhisnativity，andnoticeseveryyear，withoutomittioourtimes，onwhomtheendsoftheworldaree，illtreateinitsproperplaevertheless，forthesakeoffastidiousreaders，whoareeasilywearied，wethinkitgoodtoaimatbrevityinthisourhistory，totheendthatwhiletheyexperieinashortandpleasingnarration，wemaykiheirmindsalthatwhiotweary，and，fromlistlesshearersandfastidiousreaders，vertthemiudents.Finally，thatwhichfollowshasbeehebooksofCatholicwritersworthyofcredit，justasflowersofvariatheredfromvariousfields，totheendthattheveryvariety，hediversityoftheaybegratefultothevariousmindsofthereaders，aingsomewhicheachmayrelish，maysufficefortheprofitaofall...
[3]Thesedbookofthiswork，engwiththetimeofgrace，treatsofthenativityofourSavior，andofhisworksihegoftheapostles，asofGodnowglorifiedinheaven，arrangedagtotheyearsofin，withoutomittioourtimes，onwhomtheendsoftheworldaree;inthecourseofwhichittreatsofalltheRomanpontiffsatreats，moreover，ofarchbishops，bishops，aiesofthechurgs，ahergreatmen，whoiimeslivediregions，as，whethergoodorevil.Ittreats，moreover，ofthevariouscesthathavebefallenmankind，theprodigiousaousmaionofGod’swrath，totheendthat，beingadmoevils，mehemselvestohumiliatioakingaatiood，andshunningthewaysoftheperverse.
Notes
1.Moses:摩西（OldTestament），theHebrewprophetwholedtheIsraelitesfromEgyptacrosstheRedseaonajourneyknownastheExodus.MosesreceivedtheTenentsfromGodonMountSinai.
2.Abeland：亚伯和该隐（OldTestameaertheFallofMan.Abelwaskilledby.
3.Job:约伯（OldTestament），aJewishherowhomaintainedhisfaithinGodinspiteofafflisthattestedhi
4.Esau:以扫（OldTestamesonofIsaacwhowouldhaveihetthatGodmadewithAbrahamandthatAbrahampassedontoIsaac.HetradedhisbirthrighttohistwinbrotherJaessofpottage.
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