Conversation so far:
How did Paris become a historian?
From 1235, the point at which Wendover dropped his pen, Paris continued the history on the plan which his predecessors had followed.
What was the plan?
He derived much of his information from the letters of important people, which he sometimes inserts, but much more from conversation with the eyewitnesses of events.
was being a historian related to the church?
The king knew that Paris was writing a history, and wanted it to be as exact as possible.
In 1257, in the course of a week's visit to St Albans.
what did he do in 1257?
In 1257, in the course of a week's visit to St Albans, Henry kept the chronicler beside him night and day, "and guided my pen," says Paris.
what else did he do in 1257?
Richards Luard supposes that Paris never intended his work to be read in its present form.
Many passages of the autograph have written next to them.
What happeend with his work when he was done?
the Historia Anglorum (written about 1253), Paris's real feelings must have been an open secret.
what were paris's real feelings?
Many passages of the autograph have written next to them, the note offendiculum, which shows that the writer understood the danger which he ran.
why was it dangerous?
Paris's real feelings must have been an open secret.
There is no ground for the old theory that he was an official historiographer.

Question: why was being a historian dangerous?
Self-contained rewrite: why was being a historian dangerous in 1257?