Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. 1 Discovering William of Malmesbury: The Man and his Works 1
6. 2 Gesta Pontificum Anglorum: History or Hagiography? 13
7. 3 William of Malmesbury and Civic Virtue 27
8. 4 The Ironies of History: William of Malmesbury’s Views of William II and Henry I 37
9. 5 William of Malmesbury and the Jews 49
10. 6 Advising the King: Kingship, Bishops and Saints in the Works of William of Malmesbury 65
11. 7 Roman Identity in William of Malmesbury’s Historical Writings 81
12. 8 William of Malmesbury and the Chronological Controversy 93
13. 9 William of Malmesbury and Durham: The Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Early Twelfth-Century England 107
14. 10 William of Malmesbury as Librarian: The Evidence of his Autographs 117
15. 11 William of Malmesbury: Medical Historian of the Crusades 129
16. 12 German Emperors as Exemplary Rulers in William of Malmesbury and Otto of Freising 139
17. 13 Lector amice: Reading as Friendship in William of Malmesbury 153
18. 14 William of Malmesbury’s Historical Vision 165
19. 15 Verax historicus Beda: William of Malmesbury, Bede and historia 175
20. 16 William of Malmesbury and the Britons 189
21. 17 Words, Words, Words . . . 203
22. Epilogue: The Rediscovery of William of Malmesbury 219
23. Index 225