* 1070 – William I of England commissioned the Norman monk William of Jumièges to extend the Gesta Normannorum Ducum chronicle.

* William of Poitiers, Gesta Guillelmi II Ducis Normannorum, or " The Deeds of William II, Duke of the Normans ".

William of Jumièges also mentions Rollo's prehistory in his Gesta Normannorum Ducum, but states that he was from the Danish town of Fakse.

* Dudonis gesta Normannorum-Dudo of St. Quentin Gesta Normannorum Latin version at Bibliotheca Augustana

William of Poitiers ( c. 1020 – 1090 ) was a Frenchman of Norman origin and brother of Duke William of Normandy ( William the Conqueror ) ( Guillaume le Conquerant ), from whom he chronicled the Norman Conquest of England in his Gesta Guillelmi II ducis Normannorum.

Gesta Normannorum Ducum stated that King Cnut sent envoys to Duke Robert offering to settle half the Kingdom of England on Edward and Alfred.

According to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum he travelled by way of Constantinople, reached Jerusalem, fell seriously ill and died on the return journey at Nicaea on 2 July 1035.

Before 1067 these are of little value, being chiefly derived from two extant sources: William of Jumieges ' Gesta Normannorum Ducum and William of Poitiers ' Gesta Guillemi.

* Gesta Normannorum Ducum

* Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum: Chapter 9.

The first mention of this man in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum reads:

* The Gesta Normannorum Ducum ( or GND ) of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.

* An abbreviation for the monk William of Jumièges ' chronicle Gesta Normannorum Ducum

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum says that they had five children, three sons and two daughters.

* The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni, edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.

In the additions Orderic Vitalis made to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum ( Deeds of the Norman Dukes ), he states that prior to his death at the Battle of Hastings, Harold Godwinson was betrothed to ‘ Adelidis ', a daughter of William I, and that she remained single after his death.

It is best known as the site of Jumièges Abbey, a typical Norman abbey of the Romanesque period, and the home of the pro-Norman chronicler William of Jumièges who wrote the Gesta Normannorum Ducum about 1070.

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum by William of Jumièges has become the principal work of Norman historical writings, one of many written to glorify the Norman conquest of England.

William's Gesta Normannorum Ducum survives today in forty-seven manuscripts.

* The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts.

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

Adam of Bremen's best-known work is the Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ), which he began only after the death of the archbishop Adalbert.

No texts survive from this area, though the written text Vita Ansgari (" The life of Ansgar ") by Rimbert ( c. 865 ) describes the missionary work of Ansgar around 830 at Birka, and Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ) by Adam of Bremen in 1075 describes the archbishop Unni, who died at Birka in 936.

In Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ), Adam of Bremen mentions Birka many times, and the book is the main source of information on the city.

Gesta Danorum (" Deeds of the Danes ") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (" Saxo the Literate ", literally " the Grammarian ").

In keeping with this view of Frederick, his uncle, Otto of Freising, wrote an account of Frederick's reign entitled Gesta Friderici I imperatoris ( Deeds of the Emperor Frederick ).

The Deeds of God through the Franks: A Translation of Guibert de Nogent's ` Gesta Dei per Francos '.

In fulfilment of this idea, William completed in 1125 his Gesta regum Anglorum (" Deeds of the kings of the English "), consciously patterned on Bede, which spanned from AD 449 – 1120.

William's first edition of the book was followed by the Gesta pontificum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Bishops ) in 1125.

* William of Malmesbury: Gesta pontificum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Bishops ), Vol.

* William of Malmesbury: Gesta pontificum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Bishops ), Vol.

* William of Malmesbury: Gesta regum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Kings ), Vol.

* William of Malmesbury: Gesta regum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Kings ), Vol.

There are six main sources of information about this portion of the council: the anonymous Gesta Francorum (" The Deeds of the Franks " dated c. 1100 / 1101 ), which influenced all versions of the speech except that by Fulcher of Chartres, who was present at the council ; Robert the Monk, who may have been present ; Baldric, archbishop of Dol ; and Guibert de Nogent, who were not present at the council.

According to the 13th-century Gesta Hungarorum (" Deeds of the Hungarians "), at the time of the Hungarian invasion Transylvania was inhabited by Romanians and Slavs and ruled by Gelou, " a certain Romanian ", while Crişana was inhabited by several peoples, among them Székelys.

All that is known of him is told in the Gesta regum Anglorum ( Deeds of the English Kings ), written by the eminent medieval historian William of Malmesbury in about 1125.

Noteworthy also, is a story written down by Adam of Bremen in his Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ) from 1075 / 6 about a certain foreigner called Hericus, who was slain and martyred while preaching among the Sueones.

One, by " a company of base and common fellows ," is mentioned in the Gesta Grayorum (" The Deeds of Gray ") as having occurred in Gray's Inn Hall on 28 Dec. 1594.

Better known is Otto's Gesta Friderici imperatoris ( Deeds of Emperor Frederick ), written at the request of Frederick I, and prefaced by a letter from the emperor to the author.

The Gesta Dagoberti I regis Francorum (" Deeds of King Dagobert I of the Franks ") was written in the first third of the ninth century.

The Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum (" The Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians ") mentioned that the Árpáds descended from the gens ( clan ) Turul, and the Gesta Hungarorum (" The Deeds of the Hungarians ") recorded that the Árpáds ' totemic ancestor was a turul ( a large bird, probably a falcon ).