He was probably the best read of all 12th century men of learning; this work studies his intellectual achievement.

A fresh look at William of Malmesbury which not only demonstrates his real greatness as a historian and his European vision, but also the breadth of his learning across a number of other disciplines.

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.

... Malmesbury Continuation of the Anglo Norman Prose Brut , 1332-1357 : Text and Translation ' , The Medieval Chronicle ... Thomson , Rodney M. , England and the Twelfth - Century Renaissance ( London , 1998 ) Thomson , Rodney M. , William ...

" ... second volume ... contains an introduction and detailed commentary to accompany the Latin text and translation of the work appearing in Volume I. The introduction presents and analyses the reasons behind the work .

... William of Malmesbury , widely considered one of ' the most learned historians of twelfth - century Europe , and ... Rodney M. Thomson et al . ( Woodbridge : Boydell , 2019 ) , pp . 1–11 ( p . 1 ) . 208 excused from elementary ...

Hugh M. Thomas. Thomson , Rodney M. Manuscripts from St. Albans Abbey , 1066-1235 . 2 vols . Woodbridge , 1982 ... William of Malmesbury . Rev. edn . Woodbridge , 2003 . Thomson , Rodney M. Books and Learning in Twelfth - Century ...

These collections were to be influential across Europe because the stories in them were not connected with a particular shrine, but international.

... Thomson , Rodney M. , and Nigel G. Wilson ( eds . ) 1988. Alexander Nequam . Speculum speculationum . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Thomson , Rodney M. , and Michael Winterbottom ( ed . and trans . ) . 2002. William of Malmesbury ...