Ralph Niger

Radulfus Niger ( * before 1146, † 1200 ) was an English theologian and jurist.

After his studies in Paris, in John of Salisbury and Gerardus Puella, Niger acquired in 1166 by the title of magister. He was related to Archbishop Thomas Beckett of Canterbury and then entered the service of Henry II of England, with which he broke but after the murder of Thomas. Since 1173 he lived in France again. Here are his commentaries on the Bible and his anti - crusade treatise emerged. His chronicles he wrote in England, whither he had returned after the death of Henry in 1189, as his treatise on the interpretation of Hebrew names ( Philippicus ) for which he was enlisting the help of baptized Jews, probably from York operate. His livelihood, he financed through a canonry in Lincoln.

He practiced Bible-based criticism of the Crusades. Among other things, he wrote in 1188 a treatise De re militarized, which differed greatly from the prevailing doctrines.

Expenditure

• Radulfus Niger: Chronica. An English Chronicle of the 12th century. Edited by Hanna Krause. Univ. Diss, Lang, Frankfurt am Main -Bern - New York, 1985, ISBN 3- 8204-8440 -X.
• De re militarized et triplici via peregrinationis Ierosolimitane. Introduction and Edition by Ludwig Schmugge. de Gruyter, Berlin-New York 1977, ISBN 3-11-006827-3 ( Contributions to the history and source study of the Middle Ages, Vol 6).