William of Malmesbury /

This is the first book devoted entirely to William of Malmesbury, England's greatest historian after Bede, and one of the great figures of the 12th century renaissance. Although best known for his historical writings, William was also a biblical commentator, scribe and editor of texts. Here, R....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomson, Rodney M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Temas:
William, > of Malmesbury, > approximately 1090-1143.
Glastonbury Abbey > Historiography.
Malmesbury Abbey.
Glastonbury Abbey.
To 1500
Historiography > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Historians > Great Britain > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Historians.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Great Britain > History > Norman period, 1066-1154 > Historiography.
Great Britain > History > To 1066 > Historiography.
England > Intellectual life > 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1154 (Période normande) > Historiographie.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 1066-1485.
England.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • William of Malmesbury and his environment
  • William as historian and man of letters
  • William's reading
  • William's 'Scriptorium'
  • The earliest books from the library of Malmesbury Abbey
  • William's edition of the Liber Pontificalis
  • William's Carolingian sources
  • William and the letters of Alcuin
  • William and some other western writers on Islam
  • William as historian of Crusade
  • William and the Noctes Atticae.

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