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What did Matthew Paris do as a historian?
Matthew Paris wrote a number of works, mostly historical, which he scribed and illuminated himself, typically in drawings partly coloured with watercolour washes, sometimes called tinted drawings.
What was the history that Matthew Paris' predecessors had followed?
After admission to the order in 1217, Matthew Paris inherited the mantle St. Albans' official recorder of events, in 1236.
what did Matthew Paris write about?
Matthew Paris' known activities were devoted to the composition of history. Naturalists have praised his descriptions of the English wildlife of his time.
did Matthew Paris write about anybody important in history?
Matthew Paris wrote about the lives of Emperor Frederick II, St Alban, Edmund of Abingdon, King Edward the Confessor, Edmund Rich, and Bernardus Silvestris.

Question: did he receive letters from the people he wrote about?
Self-contained rewrite: did Matthew Paris receive letters from the people he wrote about?