The American Intellectual Tradition

Volume I: 1630-1865
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-820553-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Reihe: Oxford Medieval Texts

William of Poitiers began his career as a knight before studying in the schools of Poitiers and entering the Church. He became a chaplain in the household of William the Conqueror, and was able to give a first-hand account of the events of 1066-7. The Gesta Guillelmi, his unfinished biography of the king, is particularly important for its detailed description of William's campaigns in Normandy, the careful preparations he made for the invasion of England,
the battle of Hastings and the establishment of Norman power after the Conquest. It is a mine of information of military tactics and the conduct of war in the eleventh century. Though written from the point of view of the Norman court, it gives what is probably the most authentic account of these momentous
events.

This edition, by the late R. H. C. Davis and Marjorie Chibnall, with facing-page English translation of the Latin text, provides the first complete English translation, as well as a full historical introduction and detailed notes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gulielmus

Weitere Mitwirkende

Davis, R. H. C.

Chibnall, Marjorie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

The late R. H. C. Davis was Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and an Emeritus Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
Marjorie Chibnall is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge.