Bartholomeus Anglicus
fl. 1220s-1240s
English encyclopedist whose De proprietatibus rerum (1240) was the first important European reference work of the medieval period. The volume contained extensive ...
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Bartholomeus Anglicus
fl. c. 1220-c. 1250
Also called Bartholomew the Englishman, he was a professor of theology at the University of Paris who joined the Franciscan order (about 1225) and began compo...
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The Franciscan professor of theology, Bartholomaeus Anglicus (fl. 1220-1240), provided scholars with one of the first encyclopedias in the civilized world.The exact birth and death dates of Bartholoma...
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Bartholomew the Englishman (also known as Bartholomaeus Anglicus) was an English Franciscan monk during the thirteenth century, notable for his work as an encyclopedist. He was educated at Oxford, and...
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