biography
| name: |
William of Malmesbury
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pronunciation:
[mahmzbree]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1090–c.1143)
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| biography:
| English chronicler and Benedictine monk, the librarian of Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, S England, UK. The emphasis he placed on the importance of documentary material and non-written sources, including architectural and other kinds of visual evidence, gives him a key place in the development of historical method. His main works are: Gesta regum anglorum, a general history of England from the coming of the Anglo-Saxons; Gesta pontificum anglorum, an ecclesiastical history of England from the Conversion; and Historia novella, a contemporary narrative of English affairs from c.1125 to 1142. |
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