Hugh of Poitiers[1] (died 1167) was a Benedictine monk of Vézelay Abbey and chronicler.
His Historia Vizeliacensis monasterii was written from about 1140 to 1160.
[2] Besides being a rather partisan account of the affairs of the Abbey, it is an important source for the history of France in its period.
[citation needed] It was written for Abbot Ponce of Vézelay (1138–1161), who was brother to Peter the Venerable of Cluny Abbey.
[3] He also wrote the Origo et historia brevis Nivernensium comitum, about the county of Nevers.