Michael Winterbottom taught Classics in London and Oxford until his retirement in 2001. He was elected to the British Academy in 1978.
Rodney Thomson has taught medieval history at the University of Tasmania since 1975. He has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities since 1992, and for the last 20 years has collaborated with Michael Winterbottom in editing the historical works of William of Malmesbury.

• Introduction


• 1: The Manuscripts


• 2: The Corrections in A


• 3: Editions


• 4: Principals of the Present Edition


• Text and Translation


• Book 1


• Book 2


• Book 3


• Book 4


• Book 5

William of Malmesbury's Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (The History of the English Bishops) presents the text and translation of this important work by one of England's greatest historians. It traces the history of the English Church - its bishops, archbishops and monasteries - from the coming of Christianity c. 600, to William's era.