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for "Deeds of the Kings of the English"), originally titled ("On the Deeds of the Kings of the English") and also anglicized as or , is an early-12th-century

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of the

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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. 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

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References

12th century in England 12th-century books in Latin Latin historical texts from Norman and Angevin England Chronicles about England in Latin

External links

*Full text of the Gesta Regum Anglorum archived at url=https://archive.org/stream/williamofmalmesb1847will/williamofmalmesb1847will_djvu.txt archive.org {{england-hist-stub