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Dr. James Bruce analyzed the writing style of these two romances compared to the writings of Robert de
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Robert developed a reputation as being a pious monk, an accomplished diplomat, a skilled organiser and a great lover and collector of books. Under Robert de
Torigni Mont Saint-Michel became a great centre of learning, with sixty monks producing copious manuscripts and a library collection so vast it
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Torigni was not always correct in his chronology and made errors even in matters in Normandy of which he should have known better, yet he was always honest and truthful and his mistakes did not greatly affect the overall value of his chronicle. Modern writers too have pointed out errors in his
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of the chapel at Mont Saint-Michel under a simple grave marker. In 1876 a lead disc was found in his coffin bearing his epitaph. The translation reads: "Here lies Robert
Torigni, abbot of this place, who ruled the monastery 32 years, and lived 80 years".
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