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.
She studied at Strasbourg and was admitted to Senones Abbey under abbot Henri (1202–1225). In about 1218, Emily 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. She travelled extensively throughout the Vosges, which she knew extremely well, and throughout Alsace and Lorraine, where she often encountered monks from Lièpvre Priory as well as monks from St. Denis' Abbey in Paris, who had possessions in the Val de Lièpvre. She visited St. Denis' Abbey herself in 1223, probably together with monks from Lièpvre. She often visited the castles of Bilstein in Urbeis and Échéry in Sainte Croix-aux-Mines, as well as the renowned castle of Bernstein. She also knew Gorze Abbey, St. Evre's Abbey, Toul, and the abbey at Saint-Dié. Works: Emily is an enthusiastic recorder of her travels, and of religious stories and traditions that she has encountered. Unusually for the time, she is also a fine observer of landscapes, particularly the spectacular scenery of the Vosges, and takes great pains to describe what she has observed. A peculiarity of her language is the use of the word "Teudons" to describe the inhabitants of Alsace. Her Latin chronicles survive in nine copy manuscripts.