Histories
- early 12th century Gesta Francorum
- 1108 Dei gesta per Francos by Guibert of Nogent
- c. 1136 Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth
- 1113 Chronicle of Nestor
- 1122-1154 Peterborough Chronicle
- early 12th century Íslendingabók
- c. 1140 Chronicon Roskildense
- c. 1170 Chronicon Lethrense
- 1171 Chronicon Slavorum by Adam of Bremen
- Topographia Hibernica ("Topography of Ireland", 1188) by Gerald of Wales
- 1190s Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja
- late 12th century Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus
- Brevis Historia Regum Dacie by Sven Aggesen
- Annales Lundenses
- Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum by William of Tyre
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