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The Deeds of the Bishops of England [Gesta Pontificum Anglorum] by William of Malmesbury

The Deeds of the Bishops of England [Gesta Pontificum Anglorum] by William of Malmesbury

Malmesbury, William Of
Preest, David G.

Paperback

Series: Ecclesiastical History/Religion

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0851158846
ISBN13: 9780851158846
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Nov 18 2002
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.09
Height: 1.04 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
First modern English translation of important source for English church history from Augustine's arrival in Canterbury in 597 down to the 1120s.

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, it 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.

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