page_title: Historia Croylandensis
hierarchical_section_title: Historia Croylandensis
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: William George Searle: Ingulf and the Historia Croylandensis. Cambridge, Cambridge antiquarian Society, 1894. Frontispiz
context_page_description: The Historia Croylandensis is a series of bound documents, allegedly from the 15th century, containing a fake history of the Benedictine abbey of Croyland in Lincolnshire, England.
  The Historia Croylandensis contains a history of the Croyland Abbey dating back to the 9th century. It also contains basic letters which should prove the basic rights of the monastery.
  The work is in reality a fake work created to win a lawsuit in 1413 for property rights. Together with the basic letters, the Croyland Abbey won the legal dispute with these documents.
  Historically, Historia Croylandensis has long been considered a source of mediaeval lifestyle in England. Only in the 19th century was the work recognized as a forgery. It was noticeable that some monks were reported to be 140 years old. Furthermore, several had studied in Oxford, although the university was not founded in truth.
context_section_description: The  Historia Croylandensis is a series of bound documents, allegedly from the 15th century, containing a fake history of the Benedictine abbey of Croyland in Lincolnshire, England.
  The Historia Croylandensis contains a history of the Croyland Abbey dating back to the 9th century.  It also contains basic letters which should prove the basic rights of the monastery.
  The work is in reality a fake work created to win a lawsuit in 1413 for property rights.  Together with the basic letters, the Croyland Abbey won the legal dispute with these documents. 
  Historically, Historia Croylandensis has long been considered a source of mediaeval lifestyle in England.  Only in the 19th century was the work recognized as a forgery.  It was noticeable that some monks were reported to be 140 years old.  Furthermore, several had studied in Oxford, although the university was not founded in truth.
caption: Frontispiece from Ingulf and the Historia Croylandensis (1894)
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