About the book: year / The documentary material from the chronicle is also unique. Matthew from the royal archives, where he gained access as an intimate of King Henry III (1234-1272). Many papal and imperial messages (for example, the message we publish from the German Emperor Frederick II - fragment 6) are contained only in the “Great Chronicle”. The work of Matthew of Paris is valuable because it reflected many contemporary events of the chronicler, among them the Lyon Cathedral of 1245.