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Chapter 1: WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY’S CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REIGN OF KING STEPHEN.
By of Malmesbury William
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A medieval chronicle offers a chronological account of rulers from ancient origins through the contemporary reign covered by the author, combining annals, charters, monastic records, and earlier chronicles to provide biographical sketches, political and ecclesiastical events, moral assessments of rulers, and genealogical and chronological notes; it blends classical learning and theological reflection and records editorial emendations and source comparisons across multiple manuscript versions.

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Title: William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England

Author: of Malmesbury William

Editor: J. A. Giles

Translator: John Sharpe

Release date: December 28, 2015 [eBook #50778]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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An Anglo-Saxon Chief.

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY’S
CHRONICLE
OF THE
KINGS OF ENGLAND.
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REIGN OF KING STEPHEN.

With Notes and Illustrations.

BY J. A. GILES, D.C.L.,
LATE FELLOW OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
M.DCCC.XLVII.

J. HADDON. PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.