TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITOR’S PREFACE. v
THE TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. vi
THE AUTHOR’S EPISTLE TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER, SON OF KING HENRY. 1
PREFACE. 3
BOOK I.
CHAP. I. Of the arrival of the Angles, and of the Kings of Kent. [A.D. 449.] 5
CHAP. II. Of the kings of the West Saxons. [A.D. 495.] 17
CHAP. III. Of the kings of the Northumbrians. [A.D. 450.] 40
CHAP. IV. Of the kings of the Mercians. [A.D. 626–874.] 70
CHAP. V. Of the kings of the East Angles. [A.D. 520–905.] 88
CHAP. VI. Of the kings of the East Saxons. [A.D. 520–823.] 90
BOOK II.
PROLOGUE. 93
CHAP. I. The history of king Egbert. [A.D. 800–839.] 94
CHAP. II. Of king Ethelwulf. [A.D. 839–858.] 97
CHAP. III. Of Ethelbald, Ethelbert, and Ethelred, sons of Ethelwulf. [A.D. 858–872.] 110
CHAP. IV. Of king Alfred. [A.D. 872–901.] 113
CHAP. V. Of Edward the son of Alfred. [A.D. 901–924.] 122
CHAP. VI. Of Athelstan, the son of Edward. [A.D. 924–940.] 128
CHAP. VII. Of kings Edmund, Edred, and Edwy. [A.D. 940–955.] 141
CHAP. VIII. Of king Edgar, son of king Edmund. [A.D. 959–975.] 147
CHAP. IX. Of St. Edward king and martyr the son of Edgar. [A.D. 975–978.] 162
CHAP. X. Of king Ethelred and king Edmund. [A.D. 979–1017.] 165
CHAP. XI. Of king Canute. [A.D. 1017–1031.] 196
CHAP. XII. Of king Harold and Hardecanute. [A.D. 1036–1042.] 205
CHAP. XIII. Of St. Edward, son of king Ethelred. [A.D. 1042–1066.] 213
BOOK III.
PREFACE. 258
BOOK IV.
PREFACE. 325
CHAP. I. Of William the Second. [A.D. 1087–1100.] 327
CHAP. II. The Expedition to Jerusalem. [A.D. 1095–1105.] 355
BOOK V.
PREFACE. 424
THE MODERN HISTORY.
PREFACE, ADDRESSED TO ROBERT, EARL OF GLOUCESTER. 480
BOOK I. 481
BOOK II. 498
BOOK III. 513
INDEX. 536
FOOTNOTES.
Transcriber’s Notes.