About cambridge library collection medieval history visit this series includes pioneering editions of medieval historical accounts by eye witnesses and contemporaries collections of source materials such as charters and letters and works that applied new historiographical methods to the interpretation of the european middle ages. Cambridge university library has a varied collection of medieval manuscripts ranging from books which were in the original university library before the invention of printing to volumes which have been bought by the library from time to time in london salerooms manuscripts which were in the library before the middle of the nineteenth century bear two letter classmarks and are among those catalogued in the old printed catalogue see catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of . The origin of the english nation cambridge library collection medieval history by h munro chadwick paperback details details see also leather bound details see also leather bound isbn 978 1 108 01006 1 isbn 10 1 108 01006 7 cambridge university press 2010 see also 2010 printed access code the origin of the english nation cambridge library collection medieval . The cotton collection at the british library comprises more than 1400 manuscripts and over 1500 charters rolls and seals and reflects sir roberts deep interest in english history the importance of his collection is reflected in fact that 61 manuscripts featured in this project are cotton manuscripts such as aelfwines prayer book now cotton ms titus d xxvi cottons manuscripts . The cambridge medieval history is a history of medieval europe in eight volumes published by cambridge university press and macmillan between 1911 and 1936 publication was delayed by the first world war and changes in the editorial team origins the work was planned by john bagnell bury regius professor of modern history at cambridge university along lines developed by his predecessor