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 THE See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

BRETON (c. 1,6o–c. 1225)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French chronicler and poet, was as his name indicates See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany . He was educated at Mantes and at the university of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, afterwards becoming See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to the French See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, who employed him on See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic errands, and entrusted him with the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of his natural son, See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

Chariot . 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 is supposed to have been See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BOUVINES

Bouvines . His See also:

• WORKS

works are the Philippide and the Gesta See also:

• PHILIPPI (Turk. Filibejik)

Philippi H. regis Francorum . The former, a poem three versions of which were written by the author, gives some very interesting details about Philip Augustus and his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, including some See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about military matters and shows that William was an excellent Latin See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . In its final See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the Gesta is an See also:

• ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation of the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• RIGORD (c. 1150-c. 1209)

Rigord (q.v.), who wrote a See also:

• LIFE

life of Philip Augustus from 1179 to 1206, and a continuation by William himself from 1207 to 1220 . In both works William speaks in very laudatory terms of the king; but his writings are valuable because he had See also:

• PERSONAL

personal knowledge of many of the facts which he relates . He also wrote a poem Karlotis, dedicated to Pierre Charlot, which is lost . \\'illiam's works have been edited with introduction by H . F . See also:

• DELABORDE, HENRI FRANCOIS, COUNT (1764-1833)

Delaborde as 2Euvres de Rigord et de See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume le See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton (Paris, 1882-1885), and have been translated into French by See also:

• GUIZOT, FRANCOIS PIERRE GUILLAUME (1787-1874)

Guizot in Collection See also:

• DES

des memoires relatifs a l'histoire de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, tomes xi. and all . (Paris, 1823-1835) .

See Delaborde's introduction, and A . See also:

• MOLINIER, AUGUSTE (1851-1904)

Molinier, See also:

• LES

Les See also:

• SOURCES

Sources de l'histoire de France, tome iii . (Paris, 1903) .