The Five Books of the Histories and The Life of St. William [Hardcover]

The monk Rodulfus Glaber is best known for hisFive Books of the Histories, a major source of information on events in the first half of the 11th century and the life and thought of an 11th-century monk. This edition, the first since 1866, presents the only critical text of theHistoriesalong with a complete translation and full historical commentary. Including vivid accounts of the millennium, genuine and false relics, church building, and visions of saints and demons, this edition also includes Glaber'sLifeof his mentor, St. William of Dijon, the renowned monastic reformer.

As this millennium draws to its clsoe, it seems only appropriate that the event be heralded by the appearance of a critical edition, together with a first English translation, of theHistoriesof Rodulfus Glaber and hisLifeof William of Dijon --Albion

Historians of the central Middl Ages, and eventually, historians of the Europe whose birth Glaber chronicles, have much to thank these scholars. --Speculum