Gesta may refer to:

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Gesta is the Latin word for "deeds" or "acts", and Latin titles, especially of medieval chronicles, frequently begin with the word, which thus is also a generic term for medieval biographies:

• Gesta Adalberonis or Gesta Alberonis, "Deeds of Albero", Archbishop of Trier (1131–52)
• Gesta Berengarii imperatoris, "Deeds of the Emperor Berengar", epic poem chronicling the career of Berengar of Friuli from c. 874 to 915
• Gesta comitum Barcinonensium et regum Aragoniae, "Deeds of the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon", 14th century
• Gesta Cnutonis Regis or Encomium Emmae Reginae, "Deeds of King Canute" 11th-century, also covers Queen Emma of Normandy
• Gesta Danorum, "Deeds of the Danes", 12th century
• Dei gesta per Francos, "Deeds of God through the Franks", 12th century, a narrative of the First Crusade
• Gesta Francorum, "The Deeds of the Franks", in full Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum ("The deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem"), 12th century, a different narrative of the First Crusade
• Gesta Guillelmi or Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum, "Deeds of William Duke of Normandy and King of England" (William the Conqueror), 11th century
• Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum, "Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church", 11th century
• Gesta Herewardi, "Deeds of Hereward the Wake", 12th century
• Gesta Hungarorum, "Deeds of the Hungarians", 12th century
• Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum, "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians", 13th century
• Gesta Hludowici Imperatoris, "Deeds of Emperor Louis", 9th century life of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious.
• Gesta Normannorum Ducum, "Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy", 11th century, extended in 12th.
• Gesta principum Polonorum, "Deeds of the Princes of the Poles", 12th century
• Gesta pontificum Anglorum, "Deeds of the English Bishops", 12th century
• Gesta Romanorum, "Deeds of the Romans", a collection of anecdotes and tales, c. 1300, created somewhere in northern Europe
• Gesta Regum Anglorum, "Deeds of the kings of the English", c. 1125
• Gesta Regum Britanniae, "Deeds of the Kings of Britain", poem c. 1240s
• Gesta regum Francorum, "Deeds of the Kings of the French", c. 727, more often called the Liber Historiae Francorum
• Gesta Roberti Wiscardi, "The Deeds of Robert Guiscard", 1090s, poem
• Gesta Roderici Campi Docti, "Deeds of Rodrigo el Campeador" (El Cid), 12th century
• Gesta Rogeri (Deeds of Roger), covers the reign of Roger II of Sicily 1127–1135, written by Alexander of Telese
• Gesta Stephani, "Deeds of King Stephen" of England, mid-12th-century
• Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana, "The Deeds of Tancred in the Expedition to Jerusalem" (First Crusade), early 12th century
• Gesta Treverorum, "Deeds of the people of Trier", a collection of histories, legends, wars, & records of the Archbishops of Trier, compiled 12th century to 1794

• Gesta (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterfly
• Gesta (journal), an academic journal on medieval history published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the International Center of Medieval Art
• Cantar de gesta and chanson de geste, both meaning "song of deeds", is a term for medieval Spanish and French poems on heroic themes

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