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 {{italictitle The ''Gesta Adalberonis'' or ''Gesta Alberonis'' ("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 ''Gesta Al ...

or Gesta Alberonis, "Deeds of Albero", Archbishop of Trier (1131–52) * Gesta Berengarii imperatoris, "Deeds of the Emperor Berengar", epic poem chronicling the career of Berengar of Friuli from c.874 to 915 *

Gesta comitum Barcinonensium et regum Aragoniae The ''Gesta comitum Barcinonensium et regum Aragoniae'' ("Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon") is a Latin chronicle composed in three stages by some monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll and recounting the reigns of the Counts of Barce ...

, "Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon", 14th century *

Gesta Cnutonis Regis ''Encomium Emmae Reginae'' or ''Gesta Cnutonis Regis'' is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint-Omer, Normandy. Manuscripts Until 2008, it w ...

or Encomium Emmae Reginae, "Deeds of King Canute" 11th-century, also covers Queen Emma of Normandy *

Gesta Danorum ''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 an ...

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

Dei gesta per Francos ''Dei gesta per Francos'' ("Deeds of God through the Franks") is a narrative of the First Crusade by Guibert of Nogent written between 1107 and 1108. Traditionally it has not been well received by scholars, but recent translators and editors (such ...

, "Deeds of God through the Franks", 12th century, a narrative of the First Crusade *

Gesta Francorum The ''Gesta Francorum'' (Deeds of the Franks), or ''Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum'' (Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem), is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade by an anonymous author connected with Bohemon ...

, "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) (LA: Guillelmus Pictaviensis; FR: Guillaume de Poitiers) was a Franks, Frankish priest of Normans, Norman origin and chaplain of Duke William of Normandy (William the Conqueror), for whom he chronicled the Norman ...

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 ''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 (poss ...

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

Gesta Herewardi Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (1035 – 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resista ...

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

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

, "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 Kéz ...

, "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians", 13th century *

Gesta Hludowici Imperatoris Thegan of Trier (or Degan of Treves) (before 800 – ca. 850) was a Frankish Roman Catholic prelate and the author of ''Gesta Hludowici imperatoris'' which is a principal source for the life of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious, the son and su ...

, "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 ''Gesta principum Polonorum'' (; "''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 lik ...

, "Deeds of the Princes of the Poles", 12th century * Gesta pontificum Anglorum, "Deeds of the English Bishops", 12th century *

Gesta Romanorum ''Gesta Romanorum'', meaning ''Deeds of the Romans'' (a very misleading title), 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 l ...

, "Deeds of the Romans", a collection of anecdotes and tales, c. 1300, created somewhere in northern Europe *

Gesta Regum Anglorum The ''Gesta Regum Anglorum'' (Latin 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 history of the kings of England by William of Malme ...

, "Deeds of the kings of the English", c. 1125 *

Gesta Regum Britanniae The ''Gesta Regum Britanniae'' ( la, Deeds of the Kings of Britain) is a Latin epic poetry, epic written at some time between 1235 and 1254, and attributed to a Breton monk, William of Rennes. The ''Gesta'' is fundamentally a versification of Geof ...

, "Deeds of the Kings of Britain", poem c. 1240s *

Gesta regum Francorum ''Liber Historiae Francorum'' ( en, link=no, "The Book of the History of the Franks") is a chronicle written anonymously during the 8th century. The first sections served as a secondary source for early Franks in the time of Marcomer, giving a s ...

, "Deeds of the Kings of the French", c. 727, more often called the Liber Historiae Francorum *

Gesta Roberti Wiscardi William of Apulia ( la, Guillelmus Apuliensis) was a 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 source ...

, "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 ( it, Alessandro Telesino) 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 Roge ...

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 hi ...

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 i ...

, "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 the Spanish equivalent of the Old French medieval ''chanson de geste'' or "songs of heroic deeds". The most important ''cantares de gesta'' of Castile were: * The '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', where the triumph of the true no ...

and

chanson de geste The ''chanson de geste'' (, from Latin 'deeds, actions accomplished') is a medieval narrative, a type of epic poem that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known poems of this genre date from the late 11th and early 12th cen ...

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