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Consciously modelling himself on the Venerable Bede, William of Malmesbury (c.1090–c.1142) was one of the most learned of all the medieval chroniclers. His monumental Gesta regum anglorum ('Deeds of the English Kings') is a model of historical scholarship, written in engaging, fluid Latin. It was first completed around 1125, but was later revised and extended. The first two books of the Gesta are an impressive demonstration of William's extensive bibliographic and antiquarian knowledge. In this first volume of a two-volume set, originally published between 1887 and 1889, editor William Stubbs (1825–1901) presents these first two books, which narrate events from the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons to the Battle of Hastings. Stubbs' own lengthy preface is a detailed examination of William's life and work, which sets his historical writings in the context of his time and credits him as the first truly systematic historian since Bede.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: De gestis regum anglorum libri quinque: Historiae novellae libri tres
• Author: William of MalmesburyWilliam Stubbs
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 478
• EAN: 9781108053457
• ISBN: 1108053459
• ID: 02058620
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 736 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 168 × 36 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. November 2012

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