Gesta may refer to:

Titles of works

Gesta is the Latin word for "deeds" or "acts", and Latin titles, especially of medieval chronicles, frequently begin with the word, which thus is also a generic term for medieval biographies: *

Gesta Adalberonis The or ("Deeds of Albero") is a biography of Albero de Montreuil, Adalbero, Archbishop of Trier (1131–52), written in medieval Latin prose by Balderic of Florennes. There is also a , an anonymous biography of Albero's life down to 1145, written ...

or Gesta Alberonis, "Deeds of Albero", Archbishop of Trier (1131–52) *, "Deeds of the Emperor Berengar", epic poem chronicling the career of Berengar of Friuli from to 915 *, "Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon", 14th century * Gesta Cnutonis Regis or Encomium Emmae Reginae, "Deeds of King Canute" 11th-century, also covers Queen Emma of Normandy *

Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essentia ...

, "Deeds of the Danes", 12th century * Dei gesta per Francos, "Deeds of God through the Franks", 12th century, a narrative of the First Crusade *

Gesta Francorum ''Gesta Francorum'' (Deeds of the Franks), or ''Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum'' (Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem), is the name given to one of a family of Latin narrative accounts of the First Crusade. It ...

, "The Deeds of the Franks", in full Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum ("The deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem"), 12th century, a different narrative of the First Crusade *

Gesta Guillelmi William of Poitiers (, ; 10201090) was a Normans, Norman priest who 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 e ...

or Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum, "Deeds of William Duke of Normandy and King of England" (William the Conqueror), 11th century *

Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (Medieval Latin for "Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg") is a historical treatise written between 1073 and 1076 by Adam of Bremen, who made additions (''scholia'') to the text until his death (possibly 1081; before 1085). It is one of the most ...

, "Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church", 11th century *

Gesta Herewardi Hereward the Wake (Old English pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/ , modern English pronunciation / ) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of E ...

, "Deeds of Hereward the Wake", 12th century *

Gesta Hungarorum ''Gesta Hungarorum'', or ''The Deeds of the Hungarians'', is the earliest book about Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian history which has survived for posterity. Its genre is not chronicle, but ''gesta'', meaning "deeds" or "acts", which is a medie ...

, "Deeds of the Hungarians", 12th century *

Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum'Reader's encyclopedia of Eastern European literature'', 1993, Robert B. Pynsent, Sonia I. Kanikova, p. 529. (Latin: "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") is a medieval chronicle written mainly by Simon of K� ...

, "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians", 13th century * Gesta Hludowici Imperatoris, "Deeds of Emperor Louis", 9th century life of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious. *

Gesta Normannorum Ducum ''Gesta Normannorum Ducum'' (''Deeds of the Norman Dukes'') is a chronicle originally created by the monk William of Jumièges just before 1060. In 1070 William I had William of Jumièges extend the work to detail his rights to the throne of Engl ...

, "Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy", 11th century, extended in 12th. *

Gesta principum Polonorum The (; "''Deeds of the Princes of the Poles''") is the oldest known medieval chronicle documenting the history of Poland from the legendary times until 1113. Written in Latin by an anonymous author, it was most likely completed between 1112 an ...

, "Deeds of the Princes of the Poles", 12th century *

Gesta pontificum Anglorum The ''Gesta Pontificum Anglorum'' (Latin for "Deeds of the Bishops of the English"), originally known as ''De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum'' ("On the Deeds of the Bishops of the English") and sometimes anglicized as or , is an ecclesiastical histor ...

, "Deeds of the English Bishops", 12th century *

Gesta Romanorum ''Gesta Romanorum'' (; "Deeds of the Romans") is a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales that was probably compiled about the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th. It still possesses a two-fold literary interest, first as one of ...

, "Deeds of the Romans", a collection of anecdotes and tales, , created somewhere in northern Europe *, "Deeds of the kings of the English", *, "Deeds of the Kings of Britain", poem * Gesta regum Francorum, "Deeds of the Kings of the French", , more often called the *

Gesta Roberti Wiscardi William of Apulia () was a poet and chronicler of the Normans, writing in the 1090s. His Latin epic, ''Gesta Roberti Wiscardi'' ("The Deeds of Robert Guiscard"), written in hexameters, is one of the principal contemporary sources for the Norman co ...

, "The Deeds of Robert Guiscard", 1090s, poem *

Gesta Roderici Campi Docti The ''Historia Roderici'' ("History of Rodrigo"), originally ''Gesta Roderici Campi Docti'' ("Deeds of Rodrigo el Campeador") and sometimes in Spanish ''Crónica latina del Cid'' ("Latin Chronicle of the Cid"), is an anonymous Latin prose history ...

, "Deeds of Rodrigo el Campeador" (El Cid), 12th century *''Gesta Rogeri'' (''Deeds of Roger''), covers the reign of Roger II of Sicily 1127–1135, written by

Alexander of Telese Alexander of Telese () was an Italian chronicler and historian, and the abbot of San Salvatore, near Telese, in southern Italy from before 1127 to before November 1143. His most famous work is ''The Deeds Done by King Roger of Sicily'' (''Gesta ...

Gesta Stephani __NOTOC__ ''Deeds of King Stephen'' or ''Acts of Stephen'' or ''Gesta Regis Stephani'' is a mid-12th-century English history by an anonymous author about King Stephen of England and his struggles with his cousin, Empress Matilda, also known as the ...

, "Deeds of King Stephen" of England, mid-12th-century *

Gesta Tancredi ''Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana'' (The Deeds of Tancred in the Crusade), also known by its full title ''Gesta Tancredi Siciliae Regis in expeditione Hierosolymitana, is'' usually called simply ''Gesta Tancredi'', is a prosimetric h ...

in expeditione Hierosolymitana, "The Deeds of Tancred in the Expedition to Jerusalem" (First Crusade), early 12th century *

Gesta Treverorum The ''Gesta Treverorum'' (''Deeds of the Trevians'') is a collection of histories, legends, wars, records of the Archbishops of Trier (Trèves), writings of the Popes, and other records that were collected by the monks of the St. Matthias' Abbey ...

, "Deeds of the people of Trier", a collection of histories, legends, wars, & records of the Archbishops of Trier, compiled 12th century to 1794

Other

* ''Gesta'' (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterfly * ''Gesta'' (journal), an academic journal on medieval history published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the International Center of Medieval Art *

Cantar de gesta A ''cantar de gesta'' is a genre of medieval Spanish poetry, analogous to the ''chanson de geste'' in Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th -4; we mig ...

and chanson de geste, both meaning "song of deeds", is a term for medieval Spanish and French poems on heroic themes {{Disambiguation