Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Hilary Term, 20 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 20 Edward III.

The abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, was a wealthy establishment with royal connections. The medieval chronicle and charters, published in three volumes between 1863 and 1867, contain valuable information on the economic and ecclesiastical history of the West Country. The charters are organised thematically, and include information on estate management.

Published in 1858, Volume 1 of this two-volume work contains original documents in Latin and Middle English relating to the establishment and organisation of the English Franciscans in the thirteenth century. The editor's preface is invaluable and thorough, providing historical background, context, and manuscript information for the texts.

This three-volume catalogue (in four parts) was first published between 1862 and 1871, and offers an overview of early historical sources in public ownership. Volume 2 describes manuscripts documenting events for the period 1066-1200. It also includes an index for the first and second volumes.

Joseph Stevenson (1807-95), a founder of the Rolls Series, compiled this two-volume, three book, collection of archival source materials about the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. Originally published 1861-4, it contains documents in Latin, Middle French and Middle English relating to court matters, diplomacy and military logistics.

This three-volume publication (1866-8) contains texts on plants, medicine and the heavens, mostly in Old English, composed or adapted in the British Isles before the Norman Conquest. Volume 3 focuses on remedies and charms against illness, the solar and lunar calendars, horoscopes, and the interpretation of dreams.

This five-volume edition of key Latin sources for thirteenth-century English history was originally published in 1864-9, and remains a standard reference work. The annals record events ranging from conflicts, disasters and crimes to appointments and acquisitions, and Luard's edition includes introductions, notes, a glossary and a thorough index.

This two-volume edition of the 'History of England' by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422), now considered part of his longer Chronica majora, appeared in 1863-4. An important Latin source for fourteenth-century English history, the text follows the fifteenth-century manuscript Arundel M.S. VII, with English side-notes and introduction.

This edition of the history of the abbots of St Albans by Thomas Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422) was published in three volumes between 1867 and 1869. The text is in Latin with English side-notes. Volume 1 covers the period from the abbey's foundation in 793 to 1290.

The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books'. Those for the regnal years 20-2 and 30-5 of Edward I (1239-1307) were edited for the Rolls Series, and published in five volumes between 1863 and 1879, with translations provided for the Anglo-Norman text.

Richard of Cirencester (c.1335-1400) was a Benedictine monk at Westminster whose Latin history narrates the story of England from the legendary accession of Vortigern in 447 up to Harold II in 1066. Volume 1, edited by John E. B. Mayor (1825-1910), was published in 1863.

Compiled by French knight Jean de Wavrin in the fifteenth century, this is the first history of England of this magnitude. Volume 1, published in 1864, covers the period from the mythical origins of Albion to the abdication and conversion of King Caedwalla of Wessex.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Michaelmas Term, 13 Edward III, to Hilary Term, 14 Edward III.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Michaelmas Term, 17 Edward III, to Hilary Term, 18 Edward III.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Michaelmas Term, 18 Edward III, to Hilary Term, 19 Edward III.

This medieval text records events in Britain and Europe during the first half of the fifteenth century. Published in two volumes in 1870-1, it is full of fascinating details, and features occasional verse by the abbot of St Albans. The text is in Latin, with an English introduction and side-notes.

This influential chronicle by Ranulf Higden (d.1364) reveals how fourteenth-century scholars understood world history and geography. It is particularly important as a source for contemporary English history. This nine-volume work was published between 1865 and 1886.

Published 1866-8, this three-volume work, focusing on the abbey of Meaux, Yorkshire, is one of the most important Cistercian chronicles. Thomas de Burton (d.1437) was abbot from 1396 to 1399, and his is a valuable and detailed account of the history and internal economy of a Cistercian abbey.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d.1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 1 contains the collection of miracles compiled by William of Canterbury, who was present at the scene of Becket's murder.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 4 contains two contemporary anonymous lives, one of which is tentatively ascribed to Roger of Pontigny, and the Quadrilogus, drawn from the narratives of four biographers.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 5 comprises a valuable collection of letters sent by or to the archbishop, gathered together by Alan of Tewkesbury.

This first of two volumes of Latin chronicles illustrating the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307) and Edward II (1307-27) was published in 1882, with an introduction and English side-notes by editor William Stubbs (1825-1901). Included here are the Annales Londonienses and Annales Paulini.

The register of Archbishop John Peckham of Canterbury (c.1230-92) is an important source for thirteenth-century history. Published in three volumes between 1882 and 1885, it contains much information on the conquest of Wales by Edward I and on the history of Oxford University, as well as purely ecclesiastical matters.

A seventh-century foundation, Malmesbury abbey was re-established in the tenth century and received royal patronage. This register, compiled c.1300, contains charters from the foundation onwards, and shows how wealthy the house became. The Anglo-Saxon charters are an important source for Wessex history. This two-volume edition was published 1879-80.

This first volume of the complete works of Symeon of Durham (fl. c.1090-c.1128), published in 1882, contains his complete history of the church of Durham as well as material concerning Saints Cuthbert and Oswald among others, with an introduction and scholarly notes by Thomas Arnold (1823-1900).

This four-volume set of Latin chronicles was edited by Richard Howlett (1841-1917) and published between 1884 and 1889. Volume 3 includes the Gesta Stephani regis Anglorum, the Relatio de standardo of St Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx, and chronicles by Richard, prior of Hexham, Jordan Fantosme, and Richard of Devizes.

This four-volume set of Old Norse texts with English translation (1887-94) includes the saga of the Orkney jarls, written in Iceland about 1230, and the saga of King Hakon Hakonarson of Norway by the Icelander Sturla THordarson. Volume 2 contains Gudbrand Vigfusson's edition of Hakonar saga.

Edited by William Stubbs (1825-1901) and published in 1887, volume one of this two-volume set devoted to the Latin historical works of William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1142), one of the most important of all the medieval historians, presents the first two books of his 'Deeds of the English Kings'.