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Vincent of Beauvais (c. 1190–1264)| French scholar, encyclopedist, and Dominican priest. A chaplain to the court of Louis IX, he is remembered for his Speculum majus/Great Mirror 1220–44, a reference work summarizing contemporary knowledge on virtually every subject, including science, natural history, literature, and law. It also contained a history of the world from the creation. |
| It is noteworthy for its positive attitude to classical literature, which had undergone a period of eclipse in the preceding centuries. |
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