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William of Malmesbury

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English monk and chronicler (c.1095 - c.1143)

United KingdomWritersLived 1095 to 1143 · aged 48
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William of Malmesbury was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. Modern historian C.

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Stained-glass window showing William, installed in Malmesbury Abbey in 1928 in memory of Rev. Canon C. D. H. McMillan, vicar of Malmesbury from 1907 to 1919Stained-glass window showing William, installed in Malmesbury Abbey in 1928 in memory of Rev. Canon C. D. H. McMillan, vicar of Malmesbury from 1907 to 1919Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, completed in 1180; it remains in use as the parish church of Malmesbury.Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, completed in 1180; it remains in use as the parish church of Malmesbury.

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William of Malmesbury was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. Modern historian C. Warren Hollister described him as "a gifted historical scholar and an omnivorous reader, impressively well versed in the literature of classical, patristic, and earlier medieval times as well as in the writings of his own contemporaries. Indeed William may well have been the most learned man in twelfth-century Western Europe."

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Lived 1095 to 1143 · aged 48
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