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Line 1: {{Short description\|11th century monk and historian}}[[File:Jumieges.jpg\|thumb\|William of Jumièges (''Willemus Gemeticensis'') offering his ''Gesta Normannorum Ducum'' to [[William the Conqueror~~]]<ref>http://www.encyclopedie-universelle.com/images/Image1118.gif</ref>~~]] '''William of Jumièges''' (born c. 1000 -– died after 1070) ({{lang-fr\|Guillaume de Jumièges}}) was a contemporary of the events of 1066, and one of the earliest writers on the subject of the [[Norman conquest of England]]. He is himself a shadowy figure, only known by his dedicatory letter to [[William the Conqueror]] as a monk of [[Jumièges Abbey\|Jumièges]]. Since he also mentions that he was an eyewitness of some events from the reign of [[Richard III of Normandy\|Duke Richard III]] (1026-7), it seems reasonable to assume that he was born some time about the year 1000. He probably entered the monastery during the first quarter of the eleventh century and received his education from Thierry de Mathonville. According to [[Orderic Vitalis]], William's nickname was "Calculus". The meaning behind this nickname is unknown. His death, after 1070, is unrecorded. He was a Norman writing from a Norman point of view. Although only a monk with evidently no military training, he wrote with pride in the accomplishments of his people.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/MEDjumieges.htm\|title = William of Jumieges}}</ref> 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 [[Richard I of Normandy\|Duke Richard I]], and "was renewed by his half-brother, Count [[Rodulf of Ivry]], and his son [[Richard II of Normandy\|Duke Richard II]] (996-1026)... Dudo's work was taken up by William of Jumièges in the 1050s, who revised, abbreviated and updated his ''De moribus'' and added an account of the reigns of Dukes Richard II, Richard III (1026-7), [[Robert the Magnificent\|Robert I]] (1027-35), and [[William II, Duke of Normandy\|William II [William the Conqueror]]]." 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]]. Line 19: [[Category:1000s births]] [[Category:11th-century deaths]] [[Category:~~11th-century~~Year ~~historians~~of birth uncertain]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:11th-century ~~Latin~~French ~~writers~~historians]]▼ [[Category:Norman conquest of England]] [[Category:English Christian monks]] [[Category:11th-century English ~~writers~~historians]] [[Category:11th-century ~~French~~ writers in Latin]] ▲[[Category:11th-century Latin writers]]