latin-writing

Updated: July 9, 2026

*William of Newbury. But if Geoffrey was a bad writer of history, he was good as "a fabler," and, as we have seen in chapter vii., it was to his book that we owe the first long poem written in English after the Conquest. The Norman came with sword in hand, bringing in his train the Latin-writing chroniclers. But he did not bring these alone. He brought minstrels also.

H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall - English Literature for Boys and Girls