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3 unusual facts about Walter Map


Mafalda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal

Walter Map tells a story that "the King of Portugal now living", almost certainly Afonso, had been convinced by evil counselors to murder his pregnant wife out of misplaced jealousy.

Robert de Beaufeu

Educated at the University of Oxford, he gained, at an early age, a reputation for learning, and became the friend of Gerald of Wales, Walter Map, and other scholars.

Walter Map

He was once more a candidate for a bishopric in 1203, this time as Bishop of St David's, but was once more not consecrated.


Apocalypse of Golias

The Apocalypse of Golias has been ascribed by different scholars to Alan of Lille, Walter of Châtillon, Hugh Primas and Walter Map, but the evidence is against these attributions.


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