Orderic Vitalis

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

at the 2013 Haskins Society conference...

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/15/did-orderic-vitalis-have-a-concept-of-violence/

Did Orderic Vitalis Have a Concept of Violence? - Medievalists.net

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When Orderic writes that something happened violently, it was because he was expressing a judgment on whether or not this was a legitimate use of force.