William of Malmesbury

Rodney Thomson

This is the first book devoted entirely to William of Malmesbury, England's greatest historian after Bede, 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.M. Thomson looks at the man, his times and his work as a man of letters.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Plates
pp vi-vi

Preface to the paperback edition
pp vii-viii

Preface to the first edition
pp ix-x

Abbreviations
pp xi-xiv

Part I - Context, Character and Achievement
pp 1-2

1 - William of Malmesbury and his Environment
pp 3-13

2 - William as Historian and Man of Letters
pp 14-39

3 - William's Reading
pp 40-75

4 - William's ‘Scriptorium’
pp 76-96

5 - The Earliest Books from the Library of Malmesbury Abbey
pp 97-116

Part II - Studies of the Writer at Work
pp 117-118

6 - William's Edition of the Liber Pontificalis
pp 119-136

7 - William's Carolingian Sources
pp 137-153

8 - William and the Letters of Alcuin
pp 154-167

9 - William and some other Western Writers on Islam
pp 168-177

10 - William as Historian of Crusade
pp 178-188

11 - William and the Noctes Atticae
pp 189-198

Appendix I - The Date of William's Birth
pp 199-201

Appendix II - List of Works Known to William at First Hand
pp 202-214

Appendix III - Contents and Significant Readings of the Gellius Florilegium
pp 215-224

Select Bibliography
pp 225-228

Index of Manuscripts
pp 229-231

General Index
pp 232-240

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