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How did Matthew Paris become a historian?
From 1235, Matthew Paris continued the history on the plan which his predecessors had followed.
What was the plan Matthew Paris' predecessors has followed?
Roger of Wendover's best-known chronicle, called the Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History), is based in large part on material which already existed at St Albans.

Question: was being a historian related to the church
Self-contained rewrite: Was being a historian related to church for Matthew Paris?