William of Malmesbury

William Somerset, known as William of Malmesbury (died about 1143), who ranks after Bede as the greatest of the English medieval historians.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Yet we still know very little about Æthelstan directly, and most of that comes from William of Malmesbury, a chronicler writing 200 years later.

England in the Age of Vikings 2011

The 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury blamed the defeat of the English at the battle of Hastings on their binge drinking the night before.

I like a drink, but collectively we have a problem 2010

William of Malmesbury, calls him Vir Pecuniosus; he might have called him Vir Pecuniosissimus, considering the times he lived in, and the works of charity and munificence which he has left as witnesses of his immense riches; for he built the Cathedral Church, the Priory for sixty monks, the

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

William of Malmesbury, that he was not onely soueraigne lord of all the British seas, and of the whole Ile of Britanne it selfe, but also that he brought vnder his yoke of subiection, most of the

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

William of Malmesbury, calls him Vir Pecuniosus; he might have called him Vir Pecuniosissimus, considering the times he lived in, and the works of charity and munificence which he has left as witnesses of his immense riches; for he built the Cathedral Church, the Priory for sixty monks, the

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

William of Malmesbury who does not merely narrate but embarks on historical disquisition.

HISTORIOGRAPHY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968

Mr. Lower was convinced of the truth of that story; but William of Malmesbury says that William sent Harold's body to his mother the Countess Gytha, who buried it at Waltham, while a third account shows us Editha of the Swan

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

William of Malmesbury gives the origin of the royal touch in his account of the miracles of Edward the Confessor.

Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

During the reign of Henry I. Geoffrey of Monmouth published his History of the Britons, and William of Malmesbury assures us that every poet hastened to the court of

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson