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The ''Gesta Regum Anglorum'' (
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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
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as or , is an early-12th-century
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of the
kings of England This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself King of the Anglo-Sax ...
by
William of Malmesbury William of Malmesbury ( la, Willelmus Malmesbiriensis; ) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. He has been ranked among the most talented English historians since Bede. Modern historian C. Warren Hollister described him as "a ...
. 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 The ''Gesta Francorum Iherusalem peregrinantium'' (A history of the expedition to Jerusalem) is a Latin chronicle of the First Crusade written on 1101, 1106, 1124 until 1127 by Fulcher of Chartres (c. 1059 – after 1128). He was a priest who part ...
,'' a chronicle by
Fulcher of Chartres Fulcher of Chartres (c. 1059 in or near Chartres – after 1128) was a priest who participated in the First Crusade. He served Baldwin I of Jerusalem for many years and wrote a Latin chronicle of the Crusade. Life Fulcher was born c. 1059. His app ...
''.''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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