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The manuscript for this chronicle of Anglo-Saxon history from 455 to 1023 and cartulary of Hyde Abbey was discovered in 1861 by librarian Edward Edwards (1812-86), who had been employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library. Published in 1866, it gives a fascinating insight into medieval England.

This chronicle, published in 1866, is a transcription and translation of a manuscript that gives an account of the earliest-known period of Ireland's history. It was edited and translated by the Irish linguist William Hennessy (c.1829-89), who provides an authoritative introduction to the history of the manuscript.

Composed by chronicler Pierre de Langtoft (died c.1305), this history of England in Anglo-Norman verse was popular at the beginning of the fourteenth century. This volume, published in 1866, begins with the legendary Brutus and covers the history of Saxon and Norman kings, until the death of King Stephen.

This collection of diverse records, written in Latin and French between 1172 and 1320, concerns the administration of the English settlement in Ireland. The documents from archives in Dublin were edited, with brief summaries in English and appendices, by Sir John Thomas Gilbert (1829-98) and first published in 1870.

This two-volume anthology, published in 1872, remains an unrivalled collection of twelfth-century Latin poetry. Volume 1 comprises four important satirical works, including Nigel Witeker's Speculum stultorum and John of Hauville's Architrenius.

This two-volume anthology, published in 1872, remains an unrivalled collection of twelfth-century Latin poetry. Volume 2 includes three long works - Bernard of Morlaix's De contemptu mundi and Alain of Lille's Anticlaudianus and De planctu naturae - and numerous shorter texts, with the riddles of Aldhelm and Tatwine in an appendix.

Edited for the Rolls Series in 1873, this is a fascinating collection of documents and letters from the episcopal registers of Carlisle, Durham and York. Covering the period 1265 to 1415, the material provides valuable insight into the ecclesiastical and political history of the northern sees.

Canonised on his death in 988, Dunstan soon became and remained for more than a century England's most popular saint. Originally published in 1874, this work gathers together the Latin lives, letters and other fragments that relate to this most prominent and influential figure in the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon church.

Thomas of Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422) was a monk of St Alban's abbey who wrote various historical works. His Chronicon Angliae, covering the events of the years 1328-88 and once thought lost, was rediscovered and edited from various manuscript sources by Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) and published in 1874.

This work, published in 1875, presents an edited collection of medieval historical narratives, by a variety of thirteenth-century English authors. Together they illuminate many interesting aspects of medieval life, through tales of wonders, outlaws and crusading, providing rich insight into the reigns of the Angevin Kings.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 2 contains the lives compiled by Benedict of Peterborough, Alan of Tewkesbury, John of Salisbury and Edward Grim: contemporaries and friends of the archbishop.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 3 contains the lives compiled by William Fitzstephen and Herbert of Bosham, one of Becket's longest-serving clerks and probably his closest friend.

Ralph de Diceto (d.1199/1200), dean of St Paul's, was both a painstaking compiler of information and an intellectual historian of remarkably wide vision. This two-volume collection of his writings, published in 1876, covers the history of the world from the Creation to 1202 (it was continued posthumously).

These records of Richard II's Council in Ireland, which was headed by the Earl of Ormond, were edited and translated from the original French, with appendices and an index, by the Irish clergyman and scholar James Graves (1815-86) and first published in the Rolls Series in 1877.

This second of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward II (1307-27) was published in 1883, with an introduction and English side-notes by editor William Stubbs (1825-1901). Included here is the Commendatio lamentabilis for Edward I and various lives of Edward II.

James Raine (1830-96), canon of York, edited these Latin works relating to the history of the diocese. Volume 1 (1879) contains several important lives of the Saxon bishops Wilfrid, John and Oswald. The most significant of these is by the Northumbrian Aeddi, written around 710.

James Raine (1830-96), canon of York, edited these Latin works relating to the history of the diocese. Volume 2 (1886) contains an important twelfth-century history of the first Norman bishops, some episcopal biographies, and a chronicle covering the fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries.

James Raine (1830-96), canon of York, edited these Latin works relating to the history of the diocese. Volume 3 (1894) includes charters, letters, wills, papal bulls and other documents dating from 930 to 1522. They chiefly deal with the relationship of York with other English and Scottish dioceses, and with the papacy.

Published for the Rolls Series in 1879-80, this two-volume collection comprises the entire corpus of Gervase of Canterbury's works. Volume 1 contains his Chronica, which begins in 1100 and is concerned mainly with ecclesiastical affairs and the reigns of kings.

Ramsey Abbey was one of the wealthiest monasteries in the country. Its cartulary is particularly important for the study of economic history. It contains material dating from the tenth to fifteenth centuries, dealing with properties throughout East Anglia. This three-volume edition was published between 1884 and 1893, augmented from additional manuscript sources.

This four-volume set of Latin chronicles was edited by Richard Howlett (1841-1917) and published between 1884 and 1889. Volume 1 contains the first four books of the Historia rerum Anglicarum by William of Newburgh (c.1136-c.1198), which is still a valuable source of information on twelfth-century England.

This four-volume set of Latin chronicles was edited by Richard Howlett (1841-1917) and published between 1884 and 1889. Volume 4 contains the work of Robert of Torigni (c.1110-86), abbot of Mont Saint-Michel, whose chronicle is especially informative for the reign of Henry II, and the Continuatio Beccensis.

The Chronicon of Ramsey Abbey was compiled around 1170 and published in 1886. It contains the history of the abbey from 969, and charters of land grants to the abbey. They are valuable not just for the history of Ramsey, but as illustrations of twelfth-century legal practice.

Published in two volumes in 1887, and edited by William Aldis Wright (1831-1914), this Middle English ballad chronicle of British history up to the time of Henry III is attributed to Robert of Gloucester (fl. c.1260-c.1300), who was probably an eyewitness to the contemporary events he writes about.

Christ Church, Canterbury, was the seat of the archbishop and an important pilgrimage site. This three-volume collection, published between 1887 and 1889, contains over a thousand letters and other documents written between the thirteenth century and the Reformation, illustrating the history and wealth of the priory.

The first part of this Middle English verse chronicle by the Gilbertine monk Robert Manning (died c.1338), was published in two volumes with an introduction and English side-notes in 1887. Volume 1 takes the narrative up to Arthur's time and his battles with the Romans.

This two-volume edition of works about Patrick, the fifth-century apostle to Ireland, was published in 1887. Dating from the fifth to the eleventh century, in both Latin and Irish, the texts show the development of the saint's cult, ranging from hagiography to hymns and homilies. The Irish texts are translated.

This two-volume edition of works about Patrick, the fifth-century apostle to Ireland, was published in 1887. Dating from the fifth to the eleventh century, in both Latin and Irish, the texts show the development of the saint's cult, ranging from hagiography to hymns and homilies. The Irish texts are translated.

A rich resource for medieval historians, the Liber rubeus de Scaccario is a register, or book of remembrance, first compiled during the reign of Henry III. This three-volume edition, with extensive introductory material by Hubert Hall (1857-1944), was first published in 1896.

A rich resource for medieval historians, the Liber rubeus de Scaccario is a register, or book of remembrance, first compiled during the reign of Henry III. This three-volume edition, with extensive introductory material by Hubert Hall (1857-1944), was first published in 1896.