Pierre de Maillezais

Pierre de MaillezaisPeter of Maillezais, Petrus Malleacensis. was the author of a chronicle history in two volumes of Maillezais Abbey, which was located in present-day Vendée, France.

This author, a Benedictine monk, is otherwise little known in terms of hard facts; the manuscript of the chronicle, shortened Latin title Qualiter fuit constructum Malliacense monasterium is now dated to {{Circa|1060}};Burkhardt Tutsch, Studien zur Rezeptionsgeschichte der Consuetudines Ulrichs von Cluny (1998), p. 255, following Louis Delhommeau (1961), Notes et documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'abbaye Saint-Pierre de Maillezais, au diocèse de Luçon, depuis sa fondation jusqu’à son érection en évêché par le pape Jean XXII (1317). or {{Circa|1070}}, and relating to a foundation "myth".Amy Goodrich Remensnyder, Remembering Kings Past: Monastic Foundation Legends in Medieval Southern France (1995) p. 20. He edited a Crusader work Historiae Hierosolymitanae libri IV written by Baldric of Dol.{{Runciman-A History of the Crusades|volume=1|page=330}} Older works make the author abbot, and place him somewhat later.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09413a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Lucon] He is reputed as an admirer of Cicero, founder of a library, and a follower of William IX of Aquitaine on the First Crusade.[http://www.histoiredevendee.com/ch12.htm#LITTÉRATURE Croisade ordre religieux militaire vendee canaux marais assechement]