Gesta Regum Anglorum
{{Short description|Medieval chronicle by William of Malmesbury}}
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The {{Lang|la|Gesta Regum Anglorum}} (Latin for "Deeds of the Kings of the English"), originally titled {{nowrap|{{Lang|la|De Gestis Regum Anglorum}}}} ("On the Deeds of the Kings of the English") and also anglicized as {{nowrap|The Chronicles}} or {{nowrap|The History of the Kings of England}}, is an early-12th-century history of the kings of England by William of Malmesbury. It is a companion work of his Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Bishops) and was followed by his Historia Novella, which continued its account for several more years.{{Cite journal|last=Weiler|first=Björn|title=William of Malmesbury, Henry I, and the Gesta Regum Anglorum|url=https://www.academia.edu/1771652|language=en}} The portions of the work concerning the First Crusade were derived from Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium, a chronicle by Fulcher of Chartres.Runciman, Steven, A History of the Crusades, Volume One: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Cambridge University Press, London, 1951, pg. 329
Editions
- {{citation |author=William of Malmesbury |display-authors=0 |title=The History of the Kings of England and the Modern History of William of Malmesbury |publisher=W. Bulmer & Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNZEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 |editor-last=Sharpe |editor-first=John |location=London |date=1815 }}.
- {{citation |author=William of Malmesbury |display-authors=0 |contribution=Willelmi Malmesburiensis Monachi Gesta Regum Anglorum atque Historia Novella |pages=959–1390 |title=Saeculum XII: Willelmi Malmesburiensis Monachi Opera Omnia |volume=I |url=https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaecurs25unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up |series=Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Latina, Vol. 179 |contribution-url=https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaecurs25unkngoog#page/n480/mode/2up |editor-last=Hardy |editor-first=Thomas Duffus |location=Paris |date=1855 |editor2-last=Migne |editor2-first=Jacques-Paul |editor2-link=Jacques-Paul Migne |publisher=Paul Dupont for Garnier Bros. |display-editors=1 }}. {{in lang|la}}
- {{citation |author=William of Malmesbury |display-authors=0 |title=William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England: From the Earliest Period to the Reign of King Stephen, with Notes and Illustrations |editor-last=Giles |editor-first=J.A. |url=https://archive.org/stream/williamofmalmesb1847will#page/n5/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=Henry G. Bohn |date=1847 }}.
- {{citation |author=William of Malmesbury |display-authors=0 |title=Gesta Regum Anglorum |series=Oxford Medieval Texts |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |editor-last=Mynors |editor-first=R.A.B. |editor2-last=Thomson |editor2-first=R.M. |editor3-last=Winterbottom |editor3-first=Michael |display-editors=1 |date=1998 |volume=I |editor4-last=Greenway |editor4-first=D.E. |editor5-last=Harvey |editor5-first=B.F. |editor6-last=Lapidge |editor6-first=M. }}. {{in lang|la}} & {{in lang|en}}
- {{citation |author=William of Malmesbury |display-authors=0 |title=Gesta Regum Anglorum |series=Oxford Medieval Texts |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=R.M. |editor2-last=Winterbottom |editor2-first=Michael |display-editors=1 |date=1999 |volume=II: General Introduction & Commentary |editor3-last=Greenway |editor3-first=D.E. |editor4-last=Harvey |editor4-first=B.F. |editor5-last=Lapidge |editor5-first=M. }}. {{in lang|la}} & {{in lang|en}}
References
External links
- Full text of the Gesta Regum Anglorum archived at url=https://archive.org/stream/williamofmalmesb1847will/williamofmalmesb1847will_djvu.txt archive.org
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