William of Malmesbury as Historian and Man of Letters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10083403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodney M Thomson (0000-0002-3060-939X, University of Tasmania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 387-413 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046900039701 |
| OpenAlex | W2115650633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
As a historian and man of learning, William of Malmesbury has over the last century drawn the most diverse reactions from those scholars whose work has brought them into contact with him. On the one hand, praise has been lavished on his wide reading, critical acumen and historical judgement; on the odier, his credulity, carelessness, wilful mishandling of evidence and meandering irrelevance have been stigmatised. One group of scholars sees him as head and shoulders above, and in advance of his time, a ‘modern’ writer; others see him as the creature of his epoch and immediate environment in a pejorative sense. Yet it would surely be true to say that no-one since or apart from William Stubbs has attained such a command of William's output as to be in a position to make an overall assessment of it. Even Stubbs did not claim to be attempting this and, in any case, he was unacquainted with several of William's works, and misattributed others
Art · Carelessness · Epistemology · Judgement · Linguistics · Literature · Pejorative · Political science · Praise · Reading (process · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology · Scottish History and National Identity
The Classical Heritage and its Beneficiaries
The Discovery of the Individual, 1050-1200
Presidential Address
Presidential Address
Stephen's Shaftesbury Charter
William of Malmesbury's Life and Works
The Canterbury Forgeries
William of Malmesbury's Handwriting
The Literary Form of William of Malmesbury's ‘Gesta Regum’
The Classical Heritage and Its Beneficiaries
The Medieval Tradition of Seneca's Letters
Clavis Patrum Latinorum
The Early Charters of Wessex
St. Anselm and His Biographer
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 1981 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |