Gesta Normannorum Ducum

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum ( deeds of the Dukes of the Normans ) is a chronicle, written by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060.

The Working Wilhelm von Jumièges ' is based on the historical work De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum ( About the manners and actions of the first Dukes of Normandy ), which Dudo of Saint- Quentin written 1015-1026. This of Duke Richard I († 996 ), commissioned and under his son, Duke Richard II († 1026) completed work, was admitted to the 1050s years of William of Jumièges again and worked through, shortened and by the addition of the reign the Dukes Richard II, Richard III. , Robert I. († 1035 ) and Wilhelm II, later called William the Conqueror, updated.

In 1070, William the Conqueror was to expand the work to substantiate his claim to the English throne.

Later Orderic Vitalis († 1142 ) and elaborated by Robert Torigni († 1186 ) sequels, ranging up to King Henry I..

Expenditure

  • Elisabeth MC Van Houts ( translator's and eds.): The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.
  • Chronicle ( literature)
Dudo of Saint-Quentin Richard I, Duke of Normandy Richard II, Duke of Normandy Henry I of England
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