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William of Jumièges

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66:, William's nickname was "Calculus". The meaning behind this nickname is unknown. His death, after 1070, is unrecorded. He was a Norman writing from a Norman point of view. Although only a monk with evidently no military training, he wrote with pride in the accomplishments of his people. 62:(1026-7), it seems reasonable to assume that he was born some time about the year 1000. He probably entered the monastery during the first quarter of the eleventh century and received his education from Thierry de Mathonville. According to 20: 208: 193: 213: 198: 75:("Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans"), written in about 1070. This was built upon the framework of an earlier history compiled by 203: 173: 188: 104: 95:(996-1026)... Dudo's work was taken up by William of Jumièges in the 1050s, who revised, abbreviated and updated his 47: 71: 59: 100: 92: 183: 178: 84: 76: 51: 46:) was a contemporary of the events of 1066, and one of the earliest writers on the subject of the 107:." He finished this by 1060 but added to it later when William the Conqueror had become king of 116: 55: 63: 39: 129:
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni
88: 167: 154: 131:, edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995. 58:. Since he also mentions that he was an eyewitness of some events from the reign of 115:
was later expanded by the 12th-century monkish chroniclers Orderic Vitalis and
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and added an account of the reigns of Dukes Richard II, Richard III (1026-7),
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William of Jumièges was the original compiler of the history known as the
50:. He is himself a shadowy figure, only known by his dedicatory letter to 108: 19: 18: 83:, between c. 996 and c. 1015. This work was commissioned by 137:, edited by Stephen Morillo, The Boydell Press, 1996. 135:
The Battle of Hastings, Interpretations and Sources
87:, and "was renewed by his half-brother, Count 81:De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum 8: 146: 7: 111:, bringing events up to 1070. The 38:(born c. 1000 – died after 1070) ( 14: 209:11th-century English historians 16:11th century monk and historian 194:11th-century French historians 1: 214:11th-century writers in Latin 230: 199:Norman conquest of England 48:Norman conquest of England 31:to William the Conqueror 204:English Christian monks 113:Gesta Normannorum Ducum 72:Gesta Normannorum Ducum 29:Gesta Normannorum Ducum 43: 32: 155:"William of Jumieges" 77:Dudo of Saint-Quentin 52:William the Conqueror 44:Guillaume de Jumièges 25:Willemus Gemeticensis 23:William of Jumièges ( 22: 174:11th-century Normans 189:11th-century deaths 36:William of Jumièges 33: 117:Robert of Torigni 221: 159: 158: 151: 60:Duke Richard III 229: 228: 224: 223: 222: 220: 219: 218: 164: 163: 162: 153: 152: 148: 144: 125: 103:(1027-35), and 93:Duke Richard II 64:Orderic Vitalis 27:) offering his 17: 12: 11: 5: 227: 225: 217: 216: 211: 206: 201: 196: 191: 186: 181: 176: 166: 165: 161: 160: 145: 143: 140: 139: 138: 132: 124: 121: 91:, and his son 89:Rodulf of Ivry 85:Duke Richard I 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 226: 215: 212: 210: 207: 205: 202: 200: 197: 195: 192: 190: 187: 185: 182: 180: 177: 175: 172: 171: 169: 156: 150: 147: 141: 136: 133: 130: 127: 126: 122: 120: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 73: 67: 65: 61: 57: 54:as a monk of 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 30: 26: 21: 184:1000s births 179:Norman monks 149: 134: 128: 112: 96: 80: 70: 68: 35: 34: 28: 24: 105:William II 168:Categories 142:References 97:De moribus 101:Robert I 56:Jumièges 123:Sources 109:England 40:French 170:: 119:. 79:, 42:: 157:.

Index


French
Norman conquest of England
William the Conqueror
Jumièges
Duke Richard III
Orderic Vitalis
Gesta Normannorum Ducum
Dudo of Saint-Quentin
Duke Richard I
Rodulf of Ivry
Duke Richard II
Robert I
William II
England
Robert of Torigni
"William of Jumieges"
Categories
11th-century Normans
Norman monks
1000s births
11th-century deaths
11th-century French historians
Norman conquest of England
English Christian monks
11th-century English historians
11th-century writers in Latin

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