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

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

by of Malmesbury William

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15 total

Transcriber’s Notes

0:27

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY’S CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE REIGN OF KING STEPHEN.

0:20

EDITOR’S PREFACE.

1:49

THE TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.

22:25

THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER, SON OF KING HENRY.

2:56

PREFACE.

3:58

THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.

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BOOK I. - CHAP. I. Of the arrival of the Angles, and of the Kings of Kent. \[A.D. 449.\]

3:19:43

BOOK II.

6:10:06

BOOK III.

2:31:09

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta_Regum_Anglorum

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

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~21 hours (1211K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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

Release date

2015-12-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

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

Subjects

Middle Ages -- Sources Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 DA

About the author

of Malmesbury William

d. 1143

A 12th-century English monk and historian, he became one of the medieval period’s most valued chroniclers by blending careful research with lively storytelling. His books preserve some of the clearest surviving accounts of early Norman and English history.

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