Robert of Torigni's chronicle is a foremost source of information about one of the most famous centres of power of the Middle Ages: the court of King Henry II, duke of Normandy and king of England (1154-89), and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204). The remarkable edition of Th. N. Bisson brings the work of Robert de Torigni within the reach of medievalists according to the requirements of modern erudition, of which it respects all the standards: long introduction, analysis of the manuscripts, critical apparatus of the variants, historical notes, cartography of the places cited, ample bibliography, complete indexes.