The History of the Angles by Henry, Archdeacon of Huntingdon is one of the most striking and interesting monuments of English medieval historiography. Henry worked on this large-scale work for about two decades - from the mid-30s to the mid-50s of the XII century. In its final form, "History" presents a coherent story about the past of Britain from Brutus (the legendary ancestor of the British tribes) to the accession to the throne in 1154. King Henry II Plantagenet. The chronological account of events is interspersed, in the tradition of medieval "rhetorical historiography," with discussions on moral topics, historical anecdotes (about King Knut, who ordered the waves; about the death of King Henry I, embraced by lampreys, etc.), fictional speeches, as well as poetic inserts, for the most part - the authorship of Henry himself.