Preface; Introduction; Note to the Translation; The Deeds of the Bishops of England; Book 1: Kent; Book 2: Essex, East Anglia, Wessex, Sussex; Book 3: Northumbria; Book 4: Mercia; Book 5: Aldhelm and Malmesbury Abbey; Select Bibliography; Index
graduated from Merton College, Oxford graduated from Merton College, Oxford
A warm welcome must be extended to th[is] first ever translation...
very serviceable and readable.
*HISTORY*
England in the early 12th century was summer... It was a good time
for William to write a history of the English church from the
arrival of St Augustine to his own time... Now translated for the
first time, it is readable, well annotated and well indexed. We owe
a debt of gratitude to Preest. The value of this book to
historians, for whom the Latin version is inaccessible, is patent.
I approached it as a general reader and I found it delightful.
*CATHOLIC HERALD*
William of Malmesbury's work has never before been translated.
Preest's admirable work therefore fills a lacuna in the history of
the Church of England from its inception to the early 12th
century... Lucid and elegant, and presents William's narrative in
an engaging and readable manner.
*CHURCH TIMES*
Communicates the lively spirit of William of Malmesbury's writing
[and makes] an important text far more accessible.
*SOUTHERN HISTORY*
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