William dari Malmesbury (bahasa Latin: Willelmus Malmesbiriensis; ca 1095–ca 1143) adalah sejarawan Inggris dari abad ke-12. Ia dianggap sebagai salah satu sejarawan Inggris paling berbakat semenjak masa Santo Bede.
William lahir sekitar tahun 1095 atau 1096[1] di Wiltshire. Ayahnya adalah orang Norman, sementara ibunya adalah orang Inggris.[2] Ia menghabiskan kehidupan dewasanya sebagai seorang biarawan di Biara Malmesbury di Wiltshire, Inggris.[3]
Karya
(Willielmi Monachi Malmesburiensis): De Gestis Regum Anglorum, Libri V; Historiae Novellae, Libri II; De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum, Libri IIII., in Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Post Bedam Praecipui, ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi (G. Bishop, R Nuberie & R. Barker Typographij Regii, London 1596). digitized
William of Malmesbury: Gesta pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Bishops), Vol. I, Edited and Translated by M. Winterbottom and R.M. Thomson, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN0-19-820770-0
William of Malmesbury: Gesta pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Bishops), Vol. II: General Introduction and Commentary, by R. M. Thomson, Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN0-19-922661-X
William of Malmesbury: Gesta regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings), Vol. I, Edited and Translated by R. A. B. Mynors, R. M. Thomson and M. Winterbottom, Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN0-19-820678-X
William of Malmesbury: Gesta regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings), Vol. II: General Introduction and Commentary, by M. Winterbottom and R. M. Thomson, Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN0-19-820709-3
William of Malmesbury: Historia Novella (The Contemporary History), Edited by Edmund King, Translated by K. R. Potter, Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN0-19-820192-3
William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England, translated by Rev. John Sharpe, edited by J. A. Giles, London: George Bell and Sons, 1904.
William of Malmesbury: The Deeds of the Bishops of England [Gesta Pontificum Anglorum], Translated by David Preest, Boydell Press, 2002. ISBN0-85115-884-6
William of Malmesbury (2011). Liber super explanationem Lamentationum Ieremiae prophetae. CCCM. 244. Michael Winterbottom, Rodney M. Thomson (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN2503540872. Translation: William of Malmesbury (2013). On Lamentations. Corpus Christianorum in Translation. 13. Michael Winterbottom (trans.). Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN9782503548494.
^Rodney Thomson, William of Malmesbury, 1987 is the full-length study; see also Farmer, Hugh (1962). "William of Malmesbury's Life and Works". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 13 (1): 39–54. doi:10.1017/S0022046900065659.
