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A history written in the period after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

This edition of the Latin text and an English translation (pp. lxx +140pp) is a joint effort by both editors; the Introduction (pp. xiii-xvi, xviii-lxviii) and appendices (Appendix. 1, pp. 89-102, Appendix 2, pp. 103-106 and Appendix 3 pp. 107-112 are written by van Houts as well as all historical annotation (pp.2-87 lower section of pages). The text had been (badly) edited before by E. Edwards in the Rolls Series but it was never translated. It is an important historical source written, as is here proposed in c. 1157 with unique information for the Anglo-Norman family of the Warennes, Queen Edith/Matilda (d. 1118), Normandy in the years 114-1118 and the use of the word ‘Normananglus’. The text has survived in only one late manuscript of the thirteenth century, which in places is corrupt, hence the necessity to collaborate with a Latinist. This edition contains the first extensive historical annotation and commentary. It is also the first English translation to be published.