He studied at Strasbourg and was admitted to Senones Abbey under abbot Henri (1202–1225). In about 1218 Richer was sent as an ambassador of Senones to Würzburg when Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, was prisoner of Emperor Frederick II, after the fire of Nancy and the siege of Amance. He travelled extensively throughout the Vosges, which he knew extremely well, and throughout Alsace and Lorraine, where he often encountered monks from Lièpvre Priory as well as monks from St. Denis' Abbey in Paris, who had possessions in the Val de Lièpvre. He visited St. Denis' Abbey himself in 1223, probably together with monks from Lièpvre. He often visited the castles of Bilstein in Urbeis and Échéry in Sainte Croix-aux-Mines, as well as the renowned castle of Bernstein. He also knew Gorze Abbey, St. Evre's Abbey, Toul, and the abbey at Saint-Dié. Works
Richer is an enthusiastic recorder of his travels, and of religious stories and traditions that he has encountered. Unusually for the time, he is also a fine observer of landscapes, particularly the spectacular scenery of the Vosges, and takes great pains to describe what he has observed. A peculiarity of his language is the use of the word "Teudons" to describe the inhabitants of Alsace. His Latin chronicles survive in nine copy manuscripts.
They studied at Strasbourg and was admitted to Senones Abbey under abbot Henri (1202–1225) . In about 1218 Richer was sent as an ambassador of Senones to Würzburg when Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine, was prisoner of Emperor Frederick II, after the fire of Nancy and the siege of Amance. They travelled extensively throughout the Vosges, which they knew extremely well, and throughout Alsace and Lorraine, where they often encountered monks from Lièpvre Priory as well as monks from St. Denis' Abbey in Paris, who had possessions in the Val de Lièpvre. They visited St. Denis' Abbey themselves in 1223, probably together with monks from Lièpvre. They often visited the castles of Bilstein in Urbeis and Échéry in Sainte Croix-aux-Mines, as well as the renowned castle of Bernstein. They also knew Gorze Abbey, St. Evre's Abbey, Toul, and the abbey at Saint-Dié. Works
Richer is an enthusiastic recorder of his travels, and of religious stories and traditions that they had encountered. Unusually for the time, they were also a fine observer of landscapes, particularly the spectacular scenery of the Vosges, and takes great pains to describe what they had observed. A peculiarity of their language is the use of the word "Teudons" to describe the inhabitants of Alsace. Their Latin chronicles survive in nine copy manuscripts.
