Table of Contents

General Editors’ Preface

Thomas N. Bisson: Preface

Abbreviations
General
Titles quoted in abbreviation

Introduction (in cooperation with Wojciech Polak)
Manuscripts and editions
Title, author, and date of composition
Genre, structure, form, and style
Sources
The GpP as historical source
Lordship, land, and the course of history
The influence of the GpP on Polish history-writing
Editorial principles

Gesta
Liber I
Liber II
Liber III
Deeds
Book I
Book II
Book III

Selected Bibliography
Editions and translations of the GpP
Primary sources
Literature

Index of Proper Names

Index of Geographical Names

Illustrations, tables, maps

About the Author

Edited and translated by Paul W. Knoll University of Southern California and Frank Schaer, Central European University General editor: Janos M. Bak, Central European University With a preface by Thomas Bisson, Harvard University