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Description: | William of Malmesbury (c.1090-1143) was a monk, historian, and librarian at Malmesbury Abbey. Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.1100-1154) was a chronicler who was elected bishop of St. Asaph just before he died. This manuscript belonged to the Cistercian abbey at Margam, in Glamorgan, Wales, which was founded by in 1147 by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, to whom both William and Geoffrey dedicated their works.
This page contains the end of Book IV of William of Malmesbury's 'History of the Kings of England', and the prologue to, and start of, Book V, which begins with the birth in England of Henry I. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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