William of Malmesbury

[ mahmz-ber-ee, -buh-ree, -bree ]

noun

1. c1090–1143?, English historian.

William of Malmesbury

/ -brɪ; ˈmɑːmzbərɪ /

noun

1. William of Malmesbury?1090?1143MEnglishRELIGION: monkHISTORY: chronicler ?1090–?1143, English monk and chronicler, whose Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella are valuable sources for English history to 1142

Example Sentences

William of Malmesbury wrote in 1125 that the septuagenarian Edgar was "losing his grey hair quietly in the country".

From BBC

One of them who was called Baptista Porta seems to have invented the cinema—though he sensibly decided not to develop it As for aircraft, in the tenth century a monk called Aethelmaer was experimenting with them, and might have succeeded but for an accident in adjusting of his tail unit He crashed “quod"—says William of Malmesbury—“caudam in posteriori parte oblitus fuerat adaptare."

From Literature

The Jew, having related the vision to the bishop, the latter reformed his manners, the Jew became a Christian, and the temple was turned into a church.391.William of Malmesbury, ii.

From Project Gutenberg

About a century after the death of Edward the Confessor, William of Malmesbury compiled his “Chronicle of the Kings of England,” and in this work is the earliest allusion to the subject.

From Project Gutenberg

Over this cemetery was a church, now destroyed, which is mentioned by William of Malmesbury.

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