William of Poitiers

thumb| William of Poitiers (Latin: Guillelmus Pictaviensis, French: Guillaume de Poitiers; c. 1020 – 1090) was a Norman priest. He served as the chaplain of Duke William II of Normandy (William the Conqueror), for whom he chronicled the Norman conquest of England in his Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum ("The Deeds of William, Duke of the Normans and King of the English"). Quotes Æmulabatur Ægyptum regularium cœnobiorum collegiis. Normandy was an Egypt, a Thebaid, as regarded the number of its monasteries. Scriptores Rerum Francicarum, vol. 11, p. 89. Paraphrased by Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith, vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1882), p. 197 External links Category:Chroniclers