Talk:William of Malmesbury

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Small typo fixed - "andmany shrewd judgments" under "significance" heading.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/conquest/norman/william_the_conqueror_02.shtml here's a source regarding the statement of his parents' origin- not sure how to cite sources with the wiki

Unfortunately the BBC isn't a reliable source for medieval history. Andrew Dalby 22:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What does being "English" mean in 1095 CE? Is it Angle, Saxon, Welsh, Celtic, Danish, all of the aforementioned? Who are the indigenous "English?" Stevenmitchell (talk) 12:29, 8 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. "English" means "Englisc", much as "England" means "Englaland" and "the English" means "Angelcynn".The Welsh or the Danish, unless they had been absorbed by the English and Anglicised, weren't English of course. Are today's Poles in England English? I am not certain if this is what you mean by 'What does being "English" mean in 1095?'

Please have a look at eg https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society/article/making-of-angelcynn-english-identity-before-the-norman-conquest1/C5032BF7E315B32A23AEF461920CB63E or Foot, S. (1996). The Making of Angelcynn: English Identity before the Norman Conquest. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6, 25-49. doi:10.2307/3679228

or

https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199212149.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199212149-e-1 2A02:A312:C442:D000:E080:B978:FE1A:8320 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:39, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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