Primary Sources on Anglo-Norman Warfare

The Normans in France

The Battle of Nouy, from Ralph Glaber

Eleventh Century Battles between France and Normandy

The Battle of Hastings in 1066

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 according to Orderic Vitalis

The Angevin Dynasty in England

Warfare between Henry I and Robert Curthose, according to Wace

Anglo Saxon Chronicle, translated by  James Ingram and J.A. Giles - from The History Net  

Rebellion of Robert Of Belleme against Henry I in 1102, according to Orderic Vitalis  

The Battle of Bremule, By Orderic Vitalis

Warfare in Flanders and the Siege of Bruges, 1127

The Normans in Italy

The Career of Robert Guiscard, according to the Annales Lupi Protospatharii  

The Norman Invasions of Italy, according to the Breve Chronicon Northmannicum (1041-1085)

The Deeds of Robert Guiscard, by William of Apulia  

The Deeds Done by Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily and of Duke Robert his Brother, by Geoffrey of Malaterra

The Deeds Done by King Roger of Sicily, by Alexander of Telese

The Reign of King Stephen in England

The Battle of the Standard, 1138, from the Hexham chronicle

Warfare in Bristol and Bath, from the Gesta Stephani

The Siege of Worcester, from the Chronicle of Worcester

Five works on the battle of Lincoln, 1141

Geoffrey of Mandeville's rebellion in 1143-44

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