LC control no. | nr 95032961 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Nithard, -844? |
Variant(s) | Nithard, d. 844? Nithardus, -844? |
See also | Officer of: Saint-Riquier (Monastery : Saint-Riquier, France) |
Biography/History note | Nithard (died 844) was a Frankish historian and member of the Carolingian court. |
Located | Saint-Riquier (France) |
Death date | 0844-06-14? |
Affiliation | Saint-Riquier (Monastery : Saint-Riquier, France) |
Profession or occupation | Historians Abbots |
Found in | Nithardi Historiarum libri IIII, 1956 RLIN, 9/8/95 (hdg.: Nithard, d. 844?) Wikipedia, 1 February 2017 (Nithard; ca. 795-844; Frankish historian, son of Bertha (daughter of Charlemagne) and Angilbert); probably raised in the imperial palace or the monastery of St. Riquier; later became lay abbot of St. Riquier; continued as a courtier; current consensus for his death date is June 14, 844; wrote a historical work in four books called Historiae, or De dissensionibus filiorum Ludovici pii; the first three books were written before 842; the fourth in spring 843; the work was written at the request of Charles the Bold) |
Associated language | lat |