William Of Jumièges

William of Jumièges was the original compiler of the history known as The Gesta Normannorum Ducum ("Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans"), written in about 1070. This was built upon the framework of an earlier history compiled by Dudo Of Saint-Quentin , ''De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum'', between c. 996 and c. 1015 . This work was commissioned by Duke Richard I , and "was renewed by his half-brother, Count Rodulf of Ivry, and his son Duke Richard II (996 - 1026)... Dudo's work was taken up by William of Jumièges in the 1050's, who revised, abbreviated and updated his ''De moribus'' and added an account of the reigns of Dukes Richard II, Richard III (1026-7), Robert I ( 1027 -35), and William II." He finished this by 1060 , but added to it later when William the Conqueror had become king of England , bringing events up to 1070. The ''Gesta Normannorum Ducum'' was later expanded by the 12th century monkish chroniclers, Orderic Vitalis and Robert Of Torigni .

Sources

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.

The Battle of Hastings, Interpretations and Sources, edited by Stephen Morillo, The Boydell Press, 1996.

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