Gesta

Among the first chronicles about Hungarian history were Gesta Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Hungarians") by the unknown author usually called Anonymus, and Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum ("Deeds of the Huns and the Hungarians") by Simon Kézai.

Adam of Bremen, Gesta Daenorum, ii.61, p. 120. Cnut was crowned king, now of England, Denmark and Norway as well as part of Sweden.

Bernardo is the hero of a cantar de gesta (chanson de geste) written to please the anarchical spirit of the nobles.

During the years of the Anarchy, works such as the Gesta Stephani took a much more negative tone, praising Stephen and condemning Matilda.

Editions Theodor Mommsen 's 1898 edition of the Liber Pontificalis terminates in 715. The Liber Pontificalis was first edited by J. Busæus under the title Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitæ seu Gesta.

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Gesta Danorum In Saxo 's version of the story Høtherus meets wood maidens who warn him that Balderus is a demi-god who can't be killed by normal means.

Graetz (1902) Roger of Howden, in his Gesta Regis Ricardi, claimed that the rioting was started by the jealous and bigoted citizens, and that Richard punished the perpetrators, allowing a forcibly converted Jew to return to his native religion.

He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church).

He was already a Christian before he was king—being named Lambert at his baptism Adam of Bremen, Gesta Daenorum, scholium 37, p. 112. Lawson, Cnut, p. 121 —although the Christianization of Scandinavia was not at all complete.

Soon thereafter he began to write the history of Bremen Hamburg and of the northern lands in his Gesta.

The chronicle Gesta Hungarorum provides insight from the Hungarian side; however, this chronicle was only written in the 12th century.

The English Gesta Henrici describes three great heaps of the slain around the three main English standards.sfn According to contemporary English accounts, Henry was directly involved in the hand-to-hand fighting.

The Gesta Henrici places this after the English had overcome the onslaught of the French men-at-arms and the weary English troops were eyeing the French rearguard ("in incomparable number and still fresh"sfn).

The story of the three caskets can be found in "Gesta Romanorum", a collection of tales probably compiled at the end of the 13th century.

Twelfth-century Anglo-Norman histories, such as William of Malmesbury 's Gesta Regum Anglorum and Henry of Huntingdon 's Historia Anglorum recount that Harold died by an arrow wound to his head.

Vita Ansgari and Gesta are sometimes ambiguous, which has caused some controversy as to whether Birca and the Björkö settlement were the same location.

Wipo: Gesta Chuonradi II imperatoris, p. 34. Bolesław I died shortly after his coronation, most likely from an illness.