What is Matthew Paris?
{{BLP sources|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Paris | image = File:BritLibRoyal14CVIIFol006rMattParisSelfPort.jpg | caption = Self-portrait of Matthew Paris from the original manuscript of his ''Historia Anglorum'' (London, [[British Library]], MS Royal 14.C.VII, folio 6r | birth_date = {{circa}}&nbsp;1200 | birth_place = possibly [[Hildersham]], [[Cambridgeshire]], England | death_date = 1259 (aged {{circa}} 59) | death_place = [[St. Albans]], [[Hertfordshire]], England | occupation = Historian<br/>Author<br/>Cartographer<br/>Painter | nationality = English | notable_works = {{Lang|la|[[Chronica Majora]]}}<br/>''[[Flores Historiarum]]'' }} '''Matthew Paris''' was a Benedictine monk, chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts, and cartographer from [[England]]. He was born in 1200 and died in 1259.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Paris Matthew Paris]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paris, Matthew}} [[Category:1200 births]] [[Category:1259 deaths]] [[Category:13th-century artists]] [[Category:13th-century writers]] {{bio-stub}}