WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY. - Benedictine historian (secular name G. Somerset) of the abbey of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, where he was also librarian; b. ca. 1090; there is still notice of him in 1143; after that all trace of him is lost. He is the principal English historian of the 12th century.
His output is considerable. The following are remembered: Regalium sive De rebus gestis regum Anglorum, from 449 to 1127; Historiae novellae libri tres, from 1127 to 1143; De gestis Pontificum Anglorum, down to 1125; Vita s. Dunstani episcopi; Liber de antiquitate Ecclesiae Glastonensis, etc. Many other works are still unpublished.
Editions: the De rebus gestis regum Anglorum, the Historiae novellae and the first four books of the De gestis Pontificum Anglorum were published by Henry Savile, in London in 1596 and in Frankfurt in 1601; the fifth book of the De gestis Pontificum and the Vita s. Dunstani were published by H. Wharton in vol. II of the Anglia sacra, London 1691, and by Thomas Gale in vol. XV of the Scriptorum Anglorum Sylloges, Oxford 1691, in which he also inserted the Liber de antiquitate Ecclesiae Glastonensis. More recent editions are those of PL. 179, 955-1772 and of W. Stubbs, 2 vols., London 1887-89.
Bibliography5 worksJ. A. Fabricius, Bibliotheca mediae et infimae latinitatis, III, Florence 1858, pp. 143-44, 152; PL. 179, 941-44; W. de Gray Birch, Life and
BIBL.: J. A. Fabricius, Bibliotheca mediae et infimae latinitatis, III, Florence 1858, pp. 143-44, 152; PL. 179, 941-44; W. de Gray Birch, Life and writings of William of M., London 1874; K. Norgate, England under the Angevin Kings, ibid. 1887; N. R. Ker, William of M. handwriting, in Engl. histor. rev., 54 (1944), pp. 371-76.
Russo, Francesco. “Guglielmo di Malmesbury.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1259. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guglielmo-di-malmesbury.
MLA
Russo, Francesco. “Guglielmo di Malmesbury.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1259. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guglielmo-di-malmesbury.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_guglielmo_di_malmesbury,
author = {Russo, Francesco},
title = {Guglielmo di Malmesbury},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1259},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guglielmo-di-malmesbury}
}
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