Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls series

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 5 comprises a valuable collection of letters sent by or to the archbishop, gathered together by Alan of Tewkesbury.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 4 contains two contemporary anonymous lives, one of which is tentatively ascribed to Roger of Pontigny, and the Quadrilogus, drawn from the narratives of four biographers.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 2 contains the lives compiled by Benedict of Peterborough, Alan of Tewkesbury, John of Salisbury and Edward Grim: contemporaries and friends of the archbishop.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 3 contains the lives compiled by William Fitzstephen and Herbert of Bosham, one of Becket's longest-serving clerks and probably his closest friend.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 1 contains the collection of miracles compiled by William of Canterbury, who was present at the scene of Becket's murder.

This work, published in 1875, presents an edited collection of medieval historical narratives, by a variety of thirteenth-century English authors. Together they illuminate many interesting aspects of medieval life, through tales of wonders, outlaws and crusading, providing rich insight into the reigns of the Angevin Kings.

Published in two volumes between 1875 and 1883 by the Icelandic scholar Eirikr Magnusson (1833-1913), this Old Norse text with English translation remains the standard edition of the saga of Thomas Becket, composed in Iceland in the early fourteenth century and based on earlier Latin and Old French traditions.

Published in two volumes between 1875 and 1883 by the Icelandic scholar Eirikr Magnusson (1833-1913), this Old Norse text with English translation remains the standard edition of the saga of Thomas Becket, composed in Iceland in the early fourteenth century and based on earlier Latin and Old French traditions.

Thomas of Walsingham (c.1340-c.1422) was a monk of St Alban's abbey who wrote various historical works. His Chronicon Angliae, covering the events of the years 1328-88 and once thought lost, was rediscovered and edited from various manuscript sources by Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) and published in 1874.

Canonised on his death in 988, Dunstan soon became and remained for more than a century England's most popular saint. Originally published in 1874, this work gathers together the Latin lives, letters and other fragments that relate to this most prominent and influential figure in the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon church.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d. 1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d.1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d.1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

The Latin Register of Richard Kellaw, Bishop of Durham (d. 1316), is the earliest to survive for the Diocese of Durham, covering the years 1311-16. Published between 1873 and 1878, this four-volume work is an important source on the ecclesiastical, civil and legal history of the North of England.

Edited for the Rolls Series in 1873, this is a fascinating collection of documents and letters from the episcopal registers of Carlisle, Durham and York. Covering the period 1265 to 1415, the material provides valuable insight into the ecclesiastical and political history of the northern sees.

Published in 1873-77, this two-volume work brings together a rich variety of contemporary documents illustrating the reign of Henry VII. Volume 2 covers the period between August 1486 and December 1490, with material presented in English. It provides fascinating insight into the years following the Wars of the Roses.

Published in 1873-77, this two-volume work brings together a rich variety of contemporary documents illustrating the reign of Henry VII. Volume 1 covers the year immediately following Henry's victory at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, with material presented in a combination of English, Latin and French.

This two-volume anthology, published in 1872, remains an unrivalled collection of twelfth-century Latin poetry. Volume 1 comprises four important satirical works, including Nigel Witeker's Speculum stultorum and John of Hauville's Architrenius.

This two-volume anthology, published in 1872, remains an unrivalled collection of twelfth-century Latin poetry. Volume 2 includes three long works - Bernard of Morlaix's De contemptu mundi and Alain of Lille's Anticlaudianus and De planctu naturae - and numerous shorter texts, with the riddles of Aldhelm and Tatwine in an appendix.

Matthew Paris compiled and illustrated this chronicle of English history from the Creation to his death in 1259. This seven-volume edition of the Latin text was published between 1872 and 1883. Volume 7 contains a comprehensive index, a glossary, and errata and addenda.

This collection of diverse records, written in Latin and French between 1172 and 1320, concerns the administration of the English settlement in Ireland. The documents from archives in Dublin were edited, with brief summaries in English and appendices, by Sir John Thomas Gilbert (1829-98) and first published in 1870.

Published in 1868, this is a two-volume collection of transcribed Latin documents relating to academic life in medieval Oxford. Their contents do not constitute a history of the university; rather, they give a fascinating insight into its provisions and requirements, and the private life of its members.

Published in 1868, this is a two-volume collection of transcribed Latin documents relating to academic life in medieval Oxford. Their contents do not constitute a history of the university; rather, they give a fascinating insight into its provisions and requirements, and the private life of its members.

This two-volume work, published for the Rolls Series in 1867, contains the chronicle that is now attributed to Roger of Hoveden. It is a crucial source of information on the reign of Henry II, for whom Hoveden acted as clerk. Each volume includes rich contextual analysis in addition to the original Latin.

This two-volume work, published for the Rolls Series in 1867, contains the chronicle that is now attributed to Roger of Hoveden. It is a crucial source of information on the reign of Henry II, for whom Hoveden acted as clerk. Each volume includes rich contextual analysis in addition to the original Latin.

This chronicle, published in 1866, is a transcription and translation of a manuscript that gives an account of the earliest-known period of Ireland's history. It was edited and translated by the Irish linguist William Hennessy (c.1829-89), who provides an authoritative introduction to the history of the manuscript.

The manuscript for this chronicle of Anglo-Saxon history from 455 to 1023 and cartulary of Hyde Abbey was discovered in 1861 by librarian Edward Edwards (1812-86), who had been employed to catalogue the Earl of Macclesfield's library. Published in 1866, it gives a fascinating insight into medieval England.

This two-volume work, published in 1864-5, chronicles foreign diplomacy and church affairs during the reign of Richard I. Volume 2 comprises a collection of letters relating to a dispute between the Archbishops Baldwin and Hubert, and the monks of Canterbury, covering the years 1187 to 1199.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Trinity Term, 20 Edward III, to Michaelmas Term, 20 Edward III.

The year books (records of the courts) of part of the reign of Edward III (1312-77), covering the period from 1337 to 1346, were published in the Rolls Series between 1883 and 1911. This volume contains reports from Hilary Term, 20 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 20 Edward III.