Eilmer of Malmesbury, the Medieval Monk Who Flew (Sort Of) Sources/Further Reading

Manuscript Images

Bodleian Library MS. Junius 11 https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/d5e3a9fc-abaa-4649-ae48-be207ce8da15/

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 023: Anglo-Saxon Illustrated Prudentius. Orosius. https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/nz663nv2057

Primary Sources

“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.” Project Gutenberg, January 1, 2025. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/657/pg657.html.

Giles, J. A., translator. “Book II Chapter XIII.” William of Malmesbury’s Chronicle of the Kings of England, by William of Malmesbury, J. Haddon, 1847, pp. 251–252. https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.07166/page/251/mode/2up

William, of Malmesbury, John Sharpe, and J. A. (John Allen) Giles. William of Malmesbury’s chronicle of the Kings of England from the earliest period to the reign of king Stephen. Project Gutenberg, 2015. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/50778/pg50778-images.html

Secondary Sources

“Abbas Ibn Firnas.” Wikipedia, February 5, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_ibn_Firnas.

Athelstan, Viktor. “Eilmer of Malmesbury: The Monk Who Flew (Sort Of).” The Mediaeval Monk, March 23, 2022. https://themediaevalmonk.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/eilmer-of-malmesbury-the-monk-who-flew-sort-of/.

Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed at the British Museum in historic loan agreement between the UK and France | British Museum. Accessed February 21, 2026. https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/press/press-releases/bayeux-tapestry-displayed-british-museum.

Corèdon, Christopher, and Ann Williams. “Dictionary.” Chapter. In A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases, 1–304. Boydell & Brewer, 2005.

Eilmer of Malmesbury. 25 Aug. 2008, web.archive.org/web/20091101062715/www.eilmer.co.uk/eilmer-biog.htm.

Flint, Valerie I. J. The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe. Princeton University Press, 1990. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691210025.

“Halley’s Comet.” Wikipedia, February 19, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet#.

Liu, Ming « History, Hagiography and Religious Works: The Writings of William of Malmesbury and his Date of Birth », Tabularia [En ligne], Écrire l’histoire au Moyen Âge, mis en ligne le 26 octobre 2023, consulté le 15 février 2026. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/tabularia/6804 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/tabularia.6804 (Article is in English)

Liu, Ming. “Vel Maiorum Relatio Uel Librorum Reuolutio: Oral Informants and Information in the Works of William of Malmesbury.” Historical Research: The Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research (Oxford) 98, no. 280 (2025): 177–87. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htae035.

“Malmesbury Medieval Library.” Malmesbury History Society. Accessed February 22, 2026. https://www.malmesburyhistorysociety.org.uk/malmesbury-medieval-library.

McAleavy, Tony. Malmesbury Abbey 670-1539: Patronage, Scholarship and Scandal. First edition. The Boydell Press, 2023.

Paz, James. "Human Flight in Early Medieval England: Reality, Reliability, and Mythmaking (or Science and Fiction)." New Medieval Literatures 15, no. 1 (2013): 1-28. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NML.5.103448. https://www.brepolsonline.net/content/journals/10.1484/J.NML.5.103448. https://www.academia.edu/104262837/Human_Flight_in_Early_Medieval_England_Reality_Reliability_and_Mythmaking_or_Science_and_Fiction_

Porck, Thijs. "Chapter 1 The Ages of Man and the Ages of Woman in Early Medieval England: From Bede to Byrhtferth of Ramsey and the Tractatus de quaternario". In Early Medieval English Life Courses, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004501867_003

“Ranulf Higden.” Wikipedia, May 28, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_Higden.

Wanborough, James of. Eilmer the Flying Monk, 981-1069ad (Approx). web.archive.org/web/20090115195158/www.jane-williams.me.uk/so/cartnav/eilmer.htm.

White, Lynn. “Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A Case Study of Technological Innovation, Its Context and Tradition.” Technology and Culture, vol. 2, no. 2, 1961, pp. 97–111. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3101411.

William of Malmesbury: History in Market Cross & Tower House. Accessed February 20, 2026. https://cotswoldjourneys.com/blog/william-of-malmesbury-market-cross-tower-house/.

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