William of Malmesbury ca. 1090-1143

William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the kings of England : from the earliest period to the reign of King Stephen by William ( Book )
104 editions published between 1200 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 755 libraries worldwide
Chronicle of the kings of England, from the earliest period to the reign of King Stephen.

The historia novella by William ( Book )
12 editions published between 1955 and 1998 in English and Latin and held by 362 libraries worldwide

The deeds of the bishops of England (Gesta Pontificum Anglorum) by William ( Book )
19 editions published between 1870 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 317 libraries worldwide
"William was born c.1095 not far from Malmesbury in Wiltshire; he entered the monastery at Malmesbury as a boy, and stayed there as a monk for the rest of his life, writing works which were to win him lasting fame as a historian. His Deeds of the Bishops of England chronicles the activities of the bishops in all the dioceses of England from Augustine's arrival in Canterbury in 597 down to the 1120s when the work was being written; in addition to bishops and cathedrals, William also includes saints who were not bishops, and religious houses other than cathedrals. For the period after Bede's death in 730, this is the most important single source for English church history, and indeed, together with William's other great achievement, the Deeds of the Kings of England, for the history of England. Much of the material William retells in his own style, and with considerable narrative skill, from earlier sources available to him in the monastic library. But he also travelled widely in England, and the organisation of the Deeds reflects a clear chronological and topographical order, from Canterbury and Rochester to London, East Anglia and Wessex, north to York, Lindisfarne and Durham, thence to Mercia, and finally, 'returning home after a long journey', to his own abbey of Malmesbury and St Aldhelm."--Jacket.

The early history of Glastonbury : an edition, translation, and study of William of Malmesbury's De antiquitate Glastonie ecclesie by William ( Book )
15 editions published between 1907 and 2010 in English and held by 279 libraries worldwide

Historia novella : the contemporary history by William ( Book )
4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 275 libraries worldwide
The Historia Novella is a key source for the succession dispute between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda which brought England to civil war in the twelfth century. William of Malmesbury was the doyen of the historians of his day. His account of the main events of the years 1126 to 1142, to some of which he was an eyewitness, is sympathetic to the empress's cause, but not uncritical of her. Edmund King offers a complete revision of K.R. Potter's edition of 1955, retaining only the translation, which has been amended in places. Not only is this a new edition but it offers a new text, arguing that what have earlier been seen as William of Malmesbury's final revisions are not from his hand. Rather they seem to come from somewhere in the circle of Robert of Gloucester, the empress's half-brother, to whom the work is dedicated. In this way the work raises important questions concerning the transmission of medieval texts.

Polyhistor : a critical edition by William ( Book )
7 editions published between 1981 and 1982 in Latin and held by 274 libraries worldwide

The Vita Wulfstani of William of Malmesbury, to which are added the extant abridgments of this work and the miracles and translation of St. Wulfstan by William ( Book )
4 editions published in 1928 in English and held by 263 libraries worldwide

Willelmi Malmesbiriensis monachi De gestis pontificum Anglorum libri quinque by William ( Book )
13 editions published between 1870 and 1980 in 3 languages and held by 224 libraries worldwide

Saints' lives : lives of Ss. Wulfstan, Dunstan, Patrick, Benignus and Idract by William ( Book )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 193 libraries worldwide

Willelmi Malmesbiriensis monachi De gestis regum Anglorum libri quinque; Historiae novellae libri tres by William ( Book )
4 editions published between 1964 and 1980 in 3 languages and held by 83 libraries worldwide