sentences:  Hugo had long planned to write a full and detailed history of the Norbertine Order, and in 1717 the general chapter of the order had encouraged him to carry out his plan by naming him historiographer of the order and by requesting all the abbots to give him all the information they possessed concerning their abbeys.The first two volumes of the "Annales" had already been published and the third was in the hands of the royal censor when Hugo died.That Hugo was a diligent worker may be judged from the number of the books he published or prepared for publication.