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From: Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies[(essay date 1927) In the following essay, Slover argues that William brought elements of Irish literature, which are the basis of Arthurian romance, into several of his works.] In the imaginative literature of...
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From: Historical Research[(essay date 2001) In the following essay, Gillingham compares the histories of England composed by William and Hume, noting that the idea of using histories as an aid to refining the temperament of the Englishman was as...
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From: The Classics in the Middle Ages: Papers of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies[(essay date 1990) In the following essay, Haahr details the influence of the Roman writers Suetonius and Lucan on William’s texts. She suggests that while works such as The History of the Kings of England reflect these...
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From: Two Ancient English Scholars: St. Aldhelm and William of Malmesbury[(essay date 1931) In the following excerpt, James describes William's work in collecting, preserving, and commenting on classical manuscripts.] It is a truism to which I hardly like to give utterance that the...
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From: Journal of Medieval Latin[(essay date 1995) In the following essay, Winterbottom evaluates the aims and significance of William’s best-known work. He examines the text’s stylistic properties, likening The History of the Kings of England to the...
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From: William of Malmesbury's "Chronicle of the Kings of England: From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King Stephen"[(essay date 1847) In the following excerpt, first published in 1847, Giles presents a positive appraisal of William's character and briefly comments on his work.] The author whose work is here presented to the public...
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From: Medievalia et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval & Renaissance Culture[(essay date 1975) In the following essay, Thomson examines William's accounts of and interest in the Islamic religion, contending that these passages illustrate the intensity of Malmesbury's interest in the subject, as...
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From: Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West[(essay date 2006) In the following essay, Barrow argues that some of the historical documents on which William relied in writing his histories were spurious. She suggests that William was likely aware that some of his...
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From:Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association (Vol. 13) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: Gesta regum Anglorum, written by William of Malmesbury in the twelfth century, is a key source for the life of the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon king, AEthelstan (924-939). Contemporary narrative histories...
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From: Shakespeare's English Histories: A Quest for Form and Genre[(essay date 1996) In the following essay, Robinson examines Shakespeare's manipulation of English historiography in Henry V through a thematic evocation of fraternal conflict and reconciliation, and generic blending of...