odibilis

Updated: June 2, 2025

Robert of Bellême, it must be remembered, is the man of whom it was said that he refused ransom for his prisoners, despising gain, compared with the keener pleasure of tormenting them. The Duke then and his following set forth to do something against the hateful tyrant "odibilis tyrannus" he is called, a phrase in which we must not forget the ancient sense of "tyrannus."

Edward Augustus Freeman - Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine