See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM OF See also:POITIERS (c. 1020-C. 1090)
, See also:Norman chronicler, was See also:born at Preaux, near See also:Pont Audemer, and belonged to an influential Norman See also:family
.
After serving as a soldier he studied at See also:Poitiers, and then returning to See also:Normandy became See also:chaplain to See also:Duke See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (William the Conqueror) and See also:archdeacon of See also:Lisieux
.
He wrote an eulogistic See also:life of the duke, the earlier and concluding parts of which are lost; and Ordericus Vitalis, who gives a See also:short See also:biography of him in his Historic ecclesiastica, says that he also wrote verses
.
William's Gesta Guilclmi II. See also:ducis Normannorum, the extant See also:part of which covers the See also:period between 1047 and io68, is valuable for details of the Conqueror's life, although untrustworthy with regard to affairs in See also:England
.
According to See also:Freeman, " the See also:work is disfigured by his See also:constant spirit of violent partisanship." It was written between 1071 and 1077, and was used by Ordericus Vitalis
.
The Gesta was first published by A
.
See also:Duchesne in the Historiae Normannorum scriptores (See also:Paris, 1619) ; and it is also found in the Scriptores rerum gestarum Willelmi Conquestoris of • J
.
A
.
See also:Giles (See also:London, 1845)
.
There is a See also:French See also:translation in tome See also:xxix. of See also:Guizot's Collection See also:des memoires relatifs a l'histoire de See also:France (Paris, 1826)
.
See G
.
Korting, Wilhelms von Poitiers Gesta Guilelmi ducis (See also:Dresden, 1875) ; and A
.
See also:Molinier, See also:Les See also:Sources de l'histoire de France, tome iii
.
(Paris, 1903)
.
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