| Richer of Saint-Remi Subjects: Richer of Saint-Rémy 10th cent.; Historians -- France -- Biography; France -- History -- To 987 -- Historiography; France -- History -- Capetians 987–1328 -- Historiography; Building upon, but also moving beyond, previous scholarship that has focused on Richer's political allegiances and his views of kingship, this study by Justin Lake provides the most comprehensive synthesis of the History, examining Richer's use and abuse of his sources, his relationship to Gerbert, and the motives that led him to write. |