William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England, by J. A. Giles

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Author

William, of Malmesbury, 1090?-1143

Title

William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England From the earliest period to the reign of King Stephen

Credits

Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- History -- To 1066

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Text

eBook-No.

50778

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50778

Release Date

December 28, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY’S CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REIGN OF KING STEPHEN.
2. 2.EDITOR’S PREFACE.
3. 3.THE TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE .
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. 5.THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER, 11 SON OF KING HENRY.
6. 6.PREFACE.
7. 7.THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. — BOOK I. — CHAP. I. Of the arrival of the Angles, and of the Kings of Kent. [ A.D. 449.]
8. 8.CHAP. II. Of the kings of the West Saxons. [ A.D. 495.]
9. 9.CHAP. III. Of the kings of the Northumbrians. [ A.D. 450.]
10. 10.CHAP. IV. Of the kings of the Mercians. [ A.D. 626–874.]
11. 11.CHAP. V. Of the kings of the East Angles. [ A.D. 520–905.
12. 12.CHAP. VI. Of the kings of the East Saxons. [ A.D. 520–823.]
13. 13.BOOK II. — PROLOGUE.
14. 14.CHAP. I. The history of king Egbert. [ A.D. 800–839.]
15. 15.CHAP. II. Of king Ethelwulf. [ A.D. 839–858.] — OF THE SUCCESSORS OF CHARLEMAGNE.
16. 16.CHAP. III. Of Ethelbald, Ethelbert, and Ethelred, sons of Ethelwulf.
17. 17.CHAP. IV. Of king Alfred. [ A.D. 872—901.]
18. 18.CHAP. V. Of Edward the son of Alfred. [ A.D. 901–924.]
19. 19.CHAP. VI. Of Athelstan, the son of Edward. [ A.D. 924–940.]
20. 20.CHAP. VII. Of kings Edmund, Edred, and Edwy. [ A.D. 940–955.]
21. 21.CHAP. VIII. Of king Edgar, son of king Edmund. [ A.D. 959–975.]
22. 22.CHAP. IX. Of St. Edward king and martyr the son of Edgar. [ A.D. 975–978.]
23. 23.CHAP. X. Of king Ethelred and king Edmund. [ A.D. 979–1017.]
24. 24.CHAP. XI. Of king Canute. [ A.D. 1017–1031.]
25. 25.CHAP. XII. Of king Harold and Hardecanute. [ A.D. 1036–1042.]
26. 26.CHAP. XIII. Of St. Edward, son of king Ethelred. [ A.D. 1042–1066.]
27. 27.BOOK III. — PREFACE. — Of William the First. [ A.D. 1066–1087.] — Pope Gregory to Augustine, first archbishop of Canterbury. — Boniface to Justus, archbishop of Canterbury. — Alexander to William, king of England.
28. 28.BOOK IV. — PREFACE.
29. 29.CHAP. I. Of William the Second. [ A.D. 1087–1100.
30. 30.CHAP. II. The Expedition to Jerusalem. [ A.D. 1095–1105.]
31. 31.BOOK V. — PREFACE. — Of Henry the First. [ A.D. 1100–1129.]
32. 32.THE MODERN HISTORY. — PREFACE, ADDRESSED TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER.
33. 33.BOOK I.
34. 34.BOOK II.
35. 35.BOOK III.
36. 36.INDEX.
37. 37.FOOTNOTES
38. 38.Transcriber’s Notes

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