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. |
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