William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum

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William of Malmesbury: Gesta Regum Anglorum: Volume II: General Introduction and Commentary

by R. M. Thomson and Michael Winterbottom

Published 1 January 1999

William of Malmesbury's Regesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England, and one of the most important historical works of the European Middle Ages. Volume II of the Oxford Medieval Texts edition provides a full historical introduction, a detailed textual commentary, and an extensive bibliography. It forms the essential complement to the text and translation which appeared in Volume I.