William of Newburgh
William of Newburgh , also William of Newbury , Guilelmus Neubrigensis , Wilhelmus Neubrigensis , Willelmus de Novoburgo and William Parvus (* about 1136, † about 1198) was an English regular canon and author. He wrote the work Historia rerum Anglicarum , which describes English history between 1066 and 1198.
literature
- John Gillingham : William of Newburgh and Emperor Henry VI. In: Walter Koch , Alois Schmid , Wilhelm Volkert (Eds.): Auxilia Historica. Festschrift for Peter Acht on his 90th birthday (= series of publications on Bavarian regional history. Vol. 132). Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-10713-3 , pp. 51-71.
- John Gillingham: Two Yorkshire historians compared: Roger of Howden and William of Newburgh. In: The Haskins Society Journal 12 (2002), pp. 15-37.
- Karl Schnith : Wilhelm von Newburgh. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 1255.
- Karl Schnith: Wilhelm von Newburgh . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 9, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89659-909-7 , Sp. 177.
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| SURNAME | William of Newburgh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | William of Newbury; Guilelmus Neubrigensis; Wilhelmus Neubrigensis; Willelmus de Novoburgo; William Parvus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English clergyman and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1136 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1198 |