William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum: Volume Ii: General - Introduction and Commentar

Zusatztext The questions of reliability of evidence and William's sources are well addressed in Thomson and Winterbottom's commentary; there are few stones in the Gesta Regum which are left unturned and the critical approach taken in this volume reflects the weight of recent scholarship ... Thomson and Winterbottom have made great strides towards a scholarly understanding of William of Malmesbury's life and work. Zusammenfassung William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum (The Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England. This volume provides a full historical introduction and a detailed textual commentary, to complement the text and translation which appeared in Volume I.

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• Authors: William of Malmesbury , Prof. R. M. Thomson, Prof. R. M. Winterbottom Thomson, R. M. Thomson, William of Malmesbury, Michael Winterbottom, Winterbottom Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780198206828
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820682-8
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Oxford Medieval Texts; William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum; Oxford Medieval Texts; William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; England, Latin, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval