Rodulfi Glabri Historiarum libri quinque / Rodulfi Glabri = The five books of the histories / Rodulfus Glaber ; edited and translated by John France ; Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis Eiusden auctoris = The life of St. William / by the same author ; edited by Neithard Bulst ; translated by John France and Paul Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaber, Rodulfus, approximately 985-approximately 1046.

Contributor:

France, John.

Bulst, Neithard.

Series:

Oxford medieval texts

Standardized Title:

Históriarum libri quinque. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Eleventh century.

Middle Ages.

William, Saint, Duke of Aquitaine, 755?-812.

William.

Christian saints--Biography.

Christian saints.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

cvi, 323 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Historiarum libri quinque.

Five books of the histories.

Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis.

Life of St. William.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for his Five Books of the Histories, a major source of information on events in the first half of the 11th century and the life and thought of an 11th-century monk. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of the Histories along with a complete translation and full historical commentary. Including vivid accounts of the millennium, genuine and false relics, church building, and visions of saints and demons, this edition also includes Glaber's Life of his mentor, St. William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer.

Notes:

Latin and English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Glaber, Rodulfus, approximately 985-approximately 1046. Vita Domni Willelmi Abbatis. English & Latin. 1989.

ISBN:

0198222416 :

OCLC:

19776068