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228:, and some historians feel he helped introduce it into England. Others, though, disagree and feel that the use of the abacus was known before this time in England. He was good friends with Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester and it was Robert that buried the future saint. It may be that Robert gave Wulfstan a copy of Marianus' chronicle, which allowed the monks at Worcester to use it in their own works. Robert was also friends with 223:
survey, that is one of the best sources for information on the process of Domesday. His only other work that survives is a small introduction to Marianus' chronicle that corrects a few errors and discusses computation. He was also known as a mathematician and astrologer, and brought continental
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before coming to England, and may have been educated at the cathedral school there also. The school at Liege specialized in mathematics, which later became a specialty of Robert's. His name is often given as Robert de Losinga, but the earliest evidence gives it as Robert the Lotharingian. His
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Robert may have arrived in England by the 1050s, or perhaps after the Norman Conquest. Arguments have been presented on both sides. King
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Anselm of Bec and Robert of Meulan: The Innocence of the Dove and the Wisdom of the Serpent
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to England, but it had little effect on historical writing in England, beyond the use that
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sometime before 29 December 1079. Robert was consecrated as the Bishop of Hereford by
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made of it. Robert inserted into his own copy of Marianus, a notice about the
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in February 1095, which dealt with the conflict between King
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Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England 1089–1135
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learning into his diocese. He was also familiar with the
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birthdate is unknown, but it was probably before 1049.
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Index

Bishop of Hereford
Walter
Gerard
canon
Liège
Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Hereford Cathedral
Roman Catholic Church
Bishop of Hereford
Norman Conquest of England
Domesday Book
abacus
Lorraine
canon
St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège
William the Conqueror
Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
Lanfranc
chronicle
Marianus Scotus
Florence of Worcester
Domesday Book
abacus
Osmund
Bishop of Salisbury
Council of Rockingham
William II of England
Anselm
Archbishop of Canterbury

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