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William of Malmesbury (Paperback, New edition)
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William of Malmesbury (Paperback, New edition)
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William was a historian, biblical commentator, biographer and
classicist; his intellectual achievement is studied here. William
of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1143) was England's greatest historian
after Bede. Although best known in his own time, as now, for his
historical writings (his famous Deeds of the Bishops and Deeds of
the Kings of Britain), William was also a biblical commentator,
hagiographer and classicist, and acted as his own librarian,
bibliographer, scribe and editor of texts. He was probably the
best-read of all twelfth-century men of learning. This is a
comprehensive study and interpretation of William's intellectual
achievement, looking at the man and his times and his work as man
of letters, and considering the earliest books from Malmesbury
Abbey library, William'sreading, and his "scriptorium". Important
in its own right, William's achievement is also set in the wider
context of Benedictine learning and the writing of history in the
twelfth century, and on England's contribution to the
"twelfth-century renaissance". In this new edition, the text has
been thoroughly revised, and the bibliography updated to reflect
new research; there is also a new chapter on William as historian
of the First Crusade. RODNEY M. THOMSON is Professor Emeritus and
Honorary Research Associate in the School of History and Classics,
University of Tasmania.
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