Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls series

Complementing the register of St Osmund (also reissued in this series), which relates to the twelfth century, this work, published in 1891, continues the ecclesiastical, social and royal history of Salisbury into the thirteenth century. It contains transcripts of Latin documents drawn from five manuscripts.

St Thomas's Abbey, Dublin, a royal foundation of Henry II, was important in the early Anglo-Norman history of Ireland. Its register, published in 1889, contains documents, chiefly grants of churches and land, relating to the abbey in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Written by Anglo-Norman historian Geoffrei Gaimar (fl.1136-7), this text is both the oldest surviving metrical chronicle in vernacular French and the first secular account of the history of England. Published in two volumes in 1888-9, the work begins in 495 and ends with Henry I's death.

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, and has been hailed as one of the best editions in the Rolls Series.

This six-volume edition and translation of the important thirteenth-century legal treatise known as Bracton was published between 1878 and 1883. It was largely a reprint of the first printed edition of 1569, rather than being based on a collation of the many surviving manuscripts.

One of the most notable surviving Middle Irish texts, the Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh tells the story of the Viking invasions of Ireland, and their defeat by the heroic Brian Boruma. This work, first published in 1867, provides a facing-page translation with an extensive introduction, textual notes and full appendices.

For this four-volume set (1871-6), Sir Travers Twiss (1809-97) edited not just the titular Black Book, a late medieval English manuscript associated with the office of the lord high admiral, but also a wide variety of other medieval texts on maritime law drawn from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic seas.

For this four-volume set (1871-6), Sir Travers Twiss (1809-97) edited not just the titular Black Book, a late medieval English manuscript associated with the office of the lord high admiral, but also a wide variety of other medieval texts on maritime law drawn from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic seas.

For this four-volume set (1871-6), Sir Travers Twiss (1809-97) edited not just the titular Black Book, a late medieval English manuscript associated with the office of the lord high admiral, but also a wide variety of other medieval texts on maritime law drawn from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic seas.

For this four-volume set (1871-6), Sir Travers Twiss (1809-97) edited not just the titular Black Book, a late medieval English manuscript associated with the office of the lord high admiral, but also a wide variety of other medieval texts on maritime law drawn from the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic seas.

This two-volume work, published in 1864-5, chronicles foreign diplomacy and church affairs during the reign of Richard I. Presenting a chronological account of the Third Crusade, Volume 1 is transcribed, in the original Latin, from a narrative compiled by Richard de Templo, Canon and Prior of Holy Trinity, London.

Compiled by Thomas Wright for the Rolls Series, this two-volume collection of poems and tracts covers the period between the reigns of Edward III and Edward IV. Volume 1, first published in 1859, consists of thirty-five pieces, including poems by Gower and Deschamps, and the contested 'Complaint of the Ploughman'.

Joseph Stevenson (1807-95), a founder of the Rolls Series, compiled this two-volume, three book, collection of archival source materials about the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. Originally published 1861-4, it contains documents in Latin, Middle French and Middle English relating to court matters, diplomacy and military logistics.

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, 11 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 12 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 Michaelmas Term, 12 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 13 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 Trinity Term, 16 Edward III, to Michaelmas Term, 16 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, 17 Edward III, to Trinity Term, 17 Edward III.

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 1 covers the Creation to the Norman Conquest, and is derived mainly from Roger of Wendover's Flores historiarum.

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.

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.

This seven-volume work, published 1875-85, brings together all Latin materials concerning the life and fall of Thomas Becket (c.1120-70). Volume 6 comprises a valuable collection of letters sent to or from the archbishop, gathered together by Alan of Tewkesbury.

Published 1859-60, this selection from London's medieval records provides much information of all aspects of civic life - social, economic, political, ecclesiastical, legal and military. Volume 2, in two parts, contains the fourteenth-century Liber Custumarum, a collection of charters relating to the City of London, in Latin and Anglo-Norman.

This two-volume collection, published 1862-6, brings together the most interesting and important correspondence of Henry III, his Court, the nobility and bishops. Transcribed from the originals in the Public Record Office, the letters are given in the original Latin. This volume covers the period of Henry's reign to 1235.

The records of the medieval English courts were compiled into manuscript 'year books'. Those for the regnal years 20-2 and 30-5 of Edward I (1239-1307) were edited for the Rolls Series, and published in five volumes between 1863 and 1879, with translations provided for the Anglo-Norman text.

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 Easter Term, 15 Edward III, to Michaelmas Term, 15 Edward III.

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.

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 register, compiled in the thirteenth century, was considered one of the most important early documents from Salisbury and contains texts relating to, or used by, St Osmund. This two-volume edition was published between 1883 and 1884. Volume 2 contains charters and documents relating to the cathedral at Salisbury.

A seventh-century foundation, Malmesbury abbey was re-established in the tenth century and received royal patronage. This register, compiled c.1300, contains charters from the foundation onwards, and shows how wealthy the house became. The Anglo-Saxon charters are an important source for Wessex history. This two-volume edition was published 1879-80.

John Thomas Gilbert (1829-98), historian and antiquary, was for thirty-four years librarian of the Royal Irish Academy. His two-volume edition of chartularies, registers and annals was first published in 1884. With documents dating from across the medieval period, it represents an important source for Ireland's ecclesiastical history.