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William of Newburgh

(1135—1198)


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(1135/6–?98),

author of Historia Rerum Anglicarum, suddenly abandoned in 1198, presumably at his death. The work deals with events from 1066 to 1198, especially the reigns of Stephen and Henry II; it exposes the Historia of Geoffrey of Monmouth as legend rather than fact.

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William of Newburgh (1135/6–?98)
in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 48 words
William of Newburgh (Willelmus Parvus) (1135/6–98)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 73 words
William of Newburgh (1135/6–?1198)
in A Dictionary of English Folklore Length: 79 words

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