Books in the Oxford Medieval Texts series

The Epistolae Vagantes of Pope Gregory VII

Contains the texts and translations of two key documents in medieval English history, "The Dialogus de Scaccario", or "Dialogue of the Exchequer". This work shows details of the personnel and procedures of revenue collection for English government. It provides a window into the workings and personnel of medieval English government.

The 'Life', written by one of Christina's chaplains largely from her own reminiscences, gives an exceptionally vivid account of the struggles of a young girl, early vowed to celibacy, to escape the matrimonial snares set by her parents and friends.

Completes the new edition of "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People", and is prefaced by a paper characteristic of Professor Wallace-Hadrill on "Bede and Plummer". Other books by J.M. Wallace-Hadrill include "Early Medieval History" and "The Frankish Church".

William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum (The Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England. Apart from its formidable learning, it is characterized by narrative skill and entertainment value. This edition, with facing-page English translation, provides for the first time a detailed commentary on all aspects of the work.

William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum (The Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England. This volume provides a full historical introduction and a detailed textual commentary, to complement the text and translation which appeared in Volume I.

The "Carmen de Hastingae Proelio" is one of the most discussed sources for the Norman Conquest. The epic poem is concerned with some of the most momentous events of a remarkable year, in which Halley's comet was a disturbing portent. This edition has a new historical introduction and notes.

This "History" is a vivid and partly first-hand account of the church of York between 1069 and 1127. It illuminates the history not only of England's church and court, but also of France and the "papal curia" in these years.

The anonymous "Life of King Edward", written about the time of the Norman conquest, is an important and intriguing source for the history of Anglo-Saxon England in the years just before 1066 and provides an account of Edward the Confessor and his family.

A revised edition of a medieval manuscript, written by the ninth Abbot of Iona, which has been expanded and rewritten to include new historical notes, revision to the Latin text and English translation, and an introduction which takes account of recent research in medieval literature.

"The Vita Edwardi Secundi" is one of the best and most readable of the chronicles for the dramatic reign of Edward II. Its author was close to the political centre and provides extensive, and sometimes abrasive, comment on the king, his favourites, his opponents, and the church. This edition revises the Latin text and English translation.

Thomas Walsingham has been described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers, and his St Albans Chronicle is arguably the most important account of English history to be written at this time. This is the first modern edition, and it provides a facing-page English translation, substantial historical commentary, and textual notes.

Presents two texts, which are the accounts of the miracles of St Abba of Coldingham and St Margaret of Scotland. They tell of the miracles performed at or in the vicinity of their shrines at Coldingham and Dunfermline in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and illuminate the religious and social life of southern Scotland.

From the tenth century, the monastic community at Ely venerated a group of female saints: Athelthryth, its founding patroness, who died in 679, supposedly a virgin despite two marriages; her sister Seaxburh; another supposed sister Wihtburh, whose remains had been stolen by the monks of Ely. This is the translation of the lives of these saints.

Saxo, a twelfth-century canon at Lund Cathedral, was commissioned by his Archbishop to write a history of Denmark with a strong Christian bias. Volume II contains books 11-16 of Saxo's Grammaticus, mainly dealing with the history of the first Danish kings.

A history written in the period after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Contains unique information about the family of the earls of Warenne and unique details on the commemoration of Queen Edith/Matilda, her husband Henry I's rule in Normandy, and the first use of the adjective 'Norman-English' for English inhabitants of Norman origin.

The letters of Abelard and Heloise contain a vivid account of one of the most celebrated love affairs in the western world that raised questions about love, marriage, and religious life in the Middle Ages. This much needed new edition of the Latin text contains English translation, a full introduction, extensive annotation, and detailed indexes.

Thomas Walsingham, a monk of St Albans, is described as the last of the great medieval chroniclers. His work covers the years 1376 to 1420, providing an important account of English history. This book contains a part of his chronicle which can be said to be written by 1400. It is an example of the rewriting of history in late medieval England.

New, accessible editions, with translation and commentary, of the two most important primary sources for the life of St Dunstan, one of the principal figures of the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon church.

The History of the Church of Abingdon is one of the most valuable local histories produced in the Middle Ages. Volume I, which covers the period from the reputed foundation of the abbey and its estates to c.1071, provides vital information and insights for historians working on the legal, monastic, and ecclesiastical affairs of the great English monasteries of that period.

A scholarly and detailed but readable presentation of four key texts which shed light on the activity of the Venerable Bede (659-735) and the world of Early Medieval Northumbria.

The only complete text of Bernard's chronicle ever published, in Latin and in English translation, and the fullest edition of his historical notes from other manuscripts which complement the chronicle.

Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.

Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History' was completed in 731 and still ranks among the most popular of history books. In this edition, the Latin text is accompanied by a English translation; the introduction provides an historical background and a survey of surviving manuscripts

Critical edition and full translation of the Latin text of this important source for the history of Anglo-Saxon England and for religion in Western Europe in the 10th century.

This is a major new edition of the letters written and received between 1162 and 1170 by Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and victim of the 'murder in the cathedral'. It takes the reader to the very heart of the great dispute that rocked the English kingdom in the twelfth century.

The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York

The chronicle, which was written at Worcester by 1140, is of considerable interest to historians of both the Anglo-Saxon period and of the late-11th and 12th centuries. Its backbone is a translation of an Anglo-Saxon chronicle with varied connections.