UID:
almafu_9960117057702883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Rev. ed.
ISBN:
9786611949495
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1-281-94949-3
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1-84615-175-9
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2017).
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First published in 1987.
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CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I: CONTEXT, CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENT; 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; PART II: STUDIES OF THE WRITER AT WORK; 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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APPENDIX I: THE DATE OF WILLIAM'S BIRTHAPPENDIX II: LIST OF WORKSKNOWN TO WILLIAM AT FIRST HAND; APPENDIX III:CONTENTS AND SIGNIFICANT READINGS OF THE GELLIUS FLORILEGIUM; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS; GENERAL INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85115-451-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84383-030-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846151750
