Books by Henry of Huntingdon

This is the first complete edition of Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum (The History of the English People), covering the period between 55 BC and 1154 AD. Henry was an eyewitness of events under Henry I (1100-35) and Stephen (1135-54), and was also one of the finest Anglo-Latin poets.

Henry of Huntingdon's History is a major source for events in England and Normandy during his lifetime, including the Battle of Hastings, the reigns of William II, Henry I, and Stephen, written with panache and passion and embellished with anecdotes such as Henry's death from a surfeit of lampreys, and Cnut and the waves.