Malmesbury, William of
(b. c. 1090, d. in or after 1142)
- R. M. Thomson
Extract
Malmesbury, William of (b.c. 1090, d. in or after 1142), historian, man of letters, and Benedictine monk, spent his whole life from boyhood as a monk of his order's ancient foundation at Malmesbury.
Almost all that is known of William of Malmesbury...