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November 1998

• The Annales Cambriae (The Annals of Wales) 447-954 [At this Site] available 11/29/98
• William of Malmesbury, d. 1143?: Chronicle of the  Kings of England: The Anglo-Saxon Kings [At this Site] available 11/29/98
• Notitia Dignitatum (Register of Dignitaries), c. 400
  A list of all the officials in the Roman Empire, East and West, circa. 400 CE. [At this Site] available 11/27/98
• A Legend of the Austrian Tyrol: St. Kümmernis [At this Site] available 11/25/98
  A female saint who grows a beard.
• Old Serbian Tales: Marko and the Turks, c. 1450 [At this Site] available 11/24/98
  A Serbian poem about the fight with the Turks.
• James M. Ludlow: The Tribute of Children, 1493 [At this Site] available 11/24/98
  On the origins of the Janissaries.
• WEB Internet Theology Resources: Monastic Studies [At CBSJU] available 11/17/98
• Beowulf, c. 1100 [At Lone Star] available 11/17/98
  Beowulf- is the oldest surviving epic in English literature - and it survives in only one manuscript. This copy survived both the wholesale destruction of religious artifacts during the
  dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII and a disastrous fire which destroyed the library of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631). The poem still bears the scars of the fire, visible at the upper left corner of the manuscript. This is a modern verse trasnlation by  David
  Breeden.
• Hucbald: In Praise of Bald Men: a translation of Ecloga de Calvis [At Comitatus] available 11/17/98
  A work of the the Carolingian Renaissance, and poem composed entirely of words beginning with the letter "c".
• The Chronicles of Venice: How the Doges Were Chosen available 11/17/98
• Sir Jean Froissart: How Philip van Artevelde was Made Governor of Ghent, 1386 available 11/17/98
• Sir Jean Froissart: John of Gaunt in Portugal, 1385 available 11/17/98
• The Nizámu'l Mulk (?-1092 CE) : On the Courtiers and Familars of Kings available 11/17/98
• Sidonius Apollinaris: A Civilized Barbarian and a Barbarous Roman available 11/17/98
• The Need for Source Criticism: A Letter from Alexander to Aristotle? available 11/9/98
• Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in English Translation [At DO]  available 11/4/98
  Complete texts of translations of female saints lives.
  The texts are all in PDF form [for which you need the free Acrobat reader, downloadable from the index page]. Although it is possible to read these within the browser with Acrobat as a plugin, that often seems to destabilize a system. I recommend downloading the files onto a hard disk, and then opening them with Acrobat running independantly of the Browser.
  • Front Matter, General Introduction, Acknowledgments, List of Abbreviations / 183 k
  • A. Nuns Disguised as Monks
    • 1. Life of St. Mary/Marinos / translated by Nicholas Constas / 92 k
    • 2. Life of St. Matrona of Perge / Jeffrey Featherstone and Cyril Mango / 305 k
  • B. Female Solitaries
    • 3. Life of St. Mary of Egypt / Maria Kouli / 183 k
    • 4. Life of St. Theoktiste of Lesbos / Angela C. Hero / 153 k
  • C. Cenobitic Nuns
    • 5. Life of St. Elisabeth the Wonderworker / Valerie Karras / 153 k
    • 6. Life of St. Athanasia of Aegina / Lee Francis Sherry / 153 k
    • 7. Life of St. Theodora of Thessalonike / Alice-Mary Talbot / 458 k
  • D. Pious Housewives
    • 8. Life of St. Mary the Younger / Angeliki E. Laiou / 305 k
    • 9. Life of St. Thomaïs of Lesbos / Paul Halsall / 214 k
  • E. A Saintly Empress
    • 10. Life of St. Theodora of Arta / Alice-Mary Talbot / 92 k
  • Indexes / 122 k
    Index of People and Places; General Index Index of Notable Greek Words
• Jewish Views of  Royal Monetary Policy in Aragon, 13th Century available 11/3/98
• Converts to Judaism: France and Germany, trans. Elka Klein available 11/3/98
• Royal Grants to the Jewish Community of Barcelona, 1241-1271, trans. Elka Klein  available 11/3/98
• Reciting the Grace after Meals: The Status of Jewish Women, from Berakhot, chap. 7, trans. Elka Klein available 11/3/98
• Barcelona Jewish Court Documents: A Daughter's Inheritance, 1293, trans. Elka Klein available 11/3/98
• Barcelona Jewish Court Documents: A Jewish Widow and her Daughter, 1261-1262, trans. Elka Klein available 11/3/98
• Jewish Community of Barcelona: The Book of Document Forms, 13th century, trans. Elka Klein available 11/3/98
• The Tale of Two Hashish-Easters (Traditional),  and another Hasish Tale, from Arabian Nights [At Drug Library]  available 11/3/98
• Philip K. Hitti : The Assasins [At Drug Library] available 11/3/98
• Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection: Selected Images [At DO] available 11/3/98
• Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection: Slide List of the Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection [At DO] available 11/3/98
• WEB  Dumbarton Oaks Electronic Texts [Uses Acrobat] available 11/3/98
  Byzantine, Landscape Architecture and Pre-Columbian etext.
• Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents [At DO] available 11/3/98
  A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founder's Typika and Testaments. Edited by John Thomas and Angela Constantinides Hero with the assistance of Giles Constable.
  The texts are all in PDF form [for which you need the free Acrobat reader, downloadable from the index page]. Although it is possible to read these within the browser with Acrobat as a plugin, that often seems to destabilize a system. I recommend downloading the files onto a hard disk, and then opening them with Acrobat running independantly of the Browser.
  • Preface, Giles Constable / 153k
    • Acknowledgements / 31k
    • Abbreviations / 61k
  • Introduction / 122k
  • Early Monastic Rules / 122k
  • Chapter One: Traditional Private Religious Foundations / 61k
    • Introduction
    • Seventh Century
      • 1. Apa Abraham: Testament of Apa Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, for the Monastery of St. Phoibammon near Thebes, Egypt (trans. Leslie S. B. MacCoull) / 61k
    • Eighth Century
      • 2. Pantelleria: Typikon of John for the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner on Pantelleria (trans. Gianfranco Fiaccadori) / 61k
    • Ninth Century
      • 3. Theodore Studites: Testament of Theodore the Studite for the Monastery of St. John Stoudios in Constantinople (trans. Timothy Miller) / 92k
      • 4. Stoudios: Rule of the Monastery of St. John Stoudios in Constantinople (trans. Timothy Miller) / 153k
    • Tenth Century
      • 5. Euthymios: Testament of Euthymios for the Monasteries of Psamathia and Ta Agathou (trans. Patricia Karlin-Hayter) / 31k
      • 6. Rila: Testament of John of Rila (trans. Ilija Iliev) / 61k
      • 7. Latros: Testament of Paul the Younger for the Monastery of the Mother of God tou Stylou on Mount Latros (trans. Gianfranco Fiaccadori) / 61k
    • Eleventh Century
      • 8. John Xenos: Testament of John Xenos for the Monastery of the Mother of God Antiphonetria of Myriokephala on Crete (trans. Gianfranco Fiaccadori) / 31k
      • 9. Galesios: Testament of Lazarus of Mount Galesios (trans. Patricia Karlin-Hayter) / 92k
      • 10. Eleousa: Rule of Manuel, Bishop of Stroumitza, for the Monastery of the Mother of God Eleousa (trans. Anastasius Bandy) / 122k  
  • Chapter Two: Athonite Monasteries / 61k
    • Introduction
    • Tenth Century
      • 11. Ath. Rule: Rule of Athanasios the Athonite for the Lavra Monastery (trans. George Dennis) / 153k
      • 12. Tzimiskes: Typikon of Emperor John Tzimiskes (trans. George Dennis) / 92k
      • 13. Ath. Typikon: Typikon of Athanasios the Athonite for the Lavra Monastery (trans. George Dennis) / 122k
      • 14. Ath. Testament: Testament of Athanasios the Athonite for the Lavra Monastery (trans. George Dennis) / 61k
      • 15. Constantine IX: Typikon of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (trans. Timothy Miller) / 61k  
  • Chapter Three: The Protectorate / 92k
    • Introduction
    • Tenth Century
      • 16. Mount Tmolos: Typikon of Nikephoros Erotikos for the Monastery of the Mother of God and the Old Age Home called Ta Derma on Mount Tmolos (trans. John Thomas) / 31k
      • 17. Nikon Metanoeite: Testament of Nikon the Metanoeite for the Church and Monastery of the Savior, the Mother of God and St. Kyriake in Lakedaimon (trans. Anastasius Bandy) / 61k
    • Eleventh Century
      • 18. Nea Gephyra: Testament of Nikodemos for the Monastery of Nea Gephyra near Lakedaimon (trans. Stephen Reinert) / 31k
      • 19. Attaleiates: Rule of Michael Attaleiates for his Almshouse in Rhaidestos and for the Monastery of Christ Panoiktirmon in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 214k
      • 20. Black Mountain: Regulations of Nikon of the Black Mountain (trans. Robert Allison) / 214k
      • 21. Roidion: Typikon of Nikon of the Black Mountain for the Monastery and Hospice of the Mother of God Tou Roidiou (trans. Robert Allison) / 92k
  • Chapter Four: Early Reform Monasteries of the Eleventh Century / 92k
    • Introduction
    • 22. Evergetis: Typikon of Timothy for the Monastery of the Mother of God Evergetis (trans. Robert Jordan) / 244k
    • 23. Pakourianos: Typikon of Gregory Pakourianos for the Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa in Backovo (trans. Robert Jordan) / 244k
    • 24. Christodoulos: Rule, Testament and Codicil of Christodoulos for the Monastery of St. John the Theologian on Patmos (trans. Patricia Karlin-Hayter) / 183k  
  • Chapter Five: Imperial and Royal Monasteries of the Twelfth Century / 61k
    • Introduction
    • 25. Fragala: Testaments of Gregory for the Monastery of St. Philip of Fragala in Sicily (trans. Patricia Karlin-Hayter and Timothy Miller) / 92k
    • 26. Luke of Messina: Typikon of Luke for the Monastery of Christ Savior (San Salvatore) in Messina (trans. Timothy Miller) / 61k
    • 27. Kecharitomene: Typikon of Empress Irene Doukaina Komnene for the Convent of the Mother of God Kecharitomene in Constantinople (trans. Robert Jordan) / 305k
    • 28. Pantokrator: Typikon of Emperor John II Komnenos for the Monastery of Christ Pantokrator at Constantinople (trans. Robert Jordan) / 244k
    • 29. Kosmosoteira: Typikon of the Sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos for the Monastery of the Mother of God Kosmosoteira near Bera (trans. Nancy Patterson Sevcenko) / 336k
  • Chapter Six: Early Reform Monasteries of the Twelfth Century / 61k
    • Introduction
    • 30. Phoberos: Rule of John for the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner of Phoberos (trans. Robert Jordan) / 336k
    • 31. Areia: Memorandum and Typikon of Leo, Bishop of Nauplia, for the Monastery of the Mother of God in Areia (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 92k
    • 32. Mamas: Typikon of Athanasios Philanthropenos for the Monastery of St. Mamas in Constantinople (trans. Anastasius Bandy) / 275k
    • 33. Heliou Bomon: Typikon of Nikephoros Mystikos for the Monastery of the Mother of God ton Heliou Bomon or Elegmon (trans. Anastasius Bandy) / 214k  
  • Chapter Seven: Independent and Self-Governing Monasteries of the Thirteenth Century / 61k
    • Introduction
    • 34. Machairas: Rule of Neilos, Bishop of Tamasia, for the Monastery of the Mother of God of Machairas in Cyprus (trans. Anastasius Bandy) / 275k
    • 35. Skoteine: Testament of Maximos for the Monastery of the Mother of God at Skoteine near Philadelphia (trans. George Dennis) / 122k
    • 36. Blemmydes: Typikon of Nikephoros Blemmydes for the Monastery of the Lord Christ-Who-Is at Ematha near Ephesos (trans. Joseph Munitiz) / 61k
    • 37. Auxentios: Typikon of Michael VIII Palaiologos for the Monastery of the Archangel Michael on Mount Auxentios near Chalcedon (trans. George Dennis) / 122k
    • 38. Kellibara I: Typikon of Michael VIII Palaiologos for the Monastery of St. Demetrios of the Palaiologoi-Kellibara in Constantinople (trans. George Dennis) / 92k
    • 39. Lips: Typikon of Theodora Palaiologina for the Convent of Lips in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 153k
    • 40. Anargyroi: Typikon of Theodora Palaiologina for the Convent of Sts. Kosmas and Damian in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 61k  
  • Chapter Eight: Later Private Religious Foundations / 61k
    • Introduction
    • Twelfth Century
      • 41. Docheiariou: Rule of Neophytos for the Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel of Docheiariou on Mount Athos (trans. Robert Allison) / 61k
      • 42. Sabas: Founder's Typikon of the Sabas Monastery near Jerusalem (trans. Gianfranco Fiaccadori) / 61k
      • 43. Kasoulon: Rule of Nicholas for the Monastery of St. Nicholas of Kasoulon near Otranto (trans. Timothy Miller) / 61k
      • 44. Karyes: Typikon of Sabbas the Serbian for the Kellion of St. Sabbas at Karyes on Mount Athos (trans. George Dennis) / 61k
    • Thirteenth Century
      • 45. Neophytos: Testamentary Rule of Neophytos for the Hermitage of the Holy Cross near Ktima in Cyprus (trans. Catia Galatariotou) / 153k
    • Fourteenth Century
      • 46. Akropolites: Testament of Constantine Akropolites for the Monastery of the Resurrection (Anastasis) in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 61k
      • 47. Philanthropos: Typikon of Irene Choumnaina Palaiologina for the Convent of Christ Philanthropos in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 61k
      • 48. Prodromos: Testament of Neilos for the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner (Prodromos) on Mount Athos (trans. Stephen Reinert) / 31k
      • 49. Geromeri: Testament of Neilos Erichiotes for the Monastery of the Mother of God Hodegetria in Geromeri (trans. George Dennis) / 61k
      • 50. Gerasimos: Testament of Gerasimos for the Small Monastery of St. Euthymios in Jerusalem (trans. George Dennis) / 31k
      • 51. Koutloumousi: Testaments of Chariton for the Monastery of Christ Savior of Koutloumousi on Mount Athos (trans. George Dennis) / 122k
      • 52. Choumnos: Rule and Testament of Makarios Choumnos for the Nea Mone of the Mother of God in Thessalonike (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 92k
      • 53. Meteora: Canonical Rule of Athanasios the Meteorite for the Monastery of the Transfiguration (Metamorphosis) (trans. George Dennis) / 61k
    • Fifteenth Century
      • 54. Neilos Damilas: Testament and Typikon of Neilos Damilas for the Convent of the Mother of God Pantanassa at Baionaia on Crete (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 92k  
  • Chapter Nine: Independent and Self-Governing Monasteries of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries / 61k
    • Introduction
    • Fourteenth Century
      • 55. Athanasios I: Rule of Patriarch Athanasios I (trans. Timothy Miller) / 61k
      • 56. Kellibara II: Typikon of Andronikos II Palaiologos for the Monastery of St. Demetrios-Kellibara in Constantinople (trans. George Dennis) / 31k
      • 57. Bebaia Elpis: Typikon of Theodora Synadene for the Convent of the Mother of God Bebaia Elpis in Constantinople (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 275k
      • 58. Menoikeion: Typikon of Joachim, Metropolitan of Zichna, for the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner on Mount Menoikeion near Serres (trans. Timothy Miller) / 153k
    • Fifteenth Century
      • 59. Manuel II: Typikon of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos for the Monasteries of Mount Athos (trans. George Dennis) / 61k
      • 60. Charsianeites: Testament of Patriarch Matthew I for the Monastery of Charsianeites Dedicated to the Mother of God Nea Peribleptos (trans. Alice-Mary Talbot) / 183k
      • 61. Eleousa Inv.: Inventory of the Monastery of the Mother of God Eleousa in Stroumitza (trans. Anastasius Bandy, with Nancy Sevcenko) / 61k
  • Glossary / 61k
  • Appendix A: Concordance with Previous Lists / 31k
  • Appendix B: The Regulation of Diet in the Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents / 92k
  • Appendix C: Topical Interrelationships of the Families of the Typika of the Byzantine Monastic Reform Movement / 31k
  • General Bibliography / 92k
• Medieval Tournai: An Academic Resource Center [At Kansas] available 11/3/98
• Herman of Tournai. Liber de restauratione monasterii S. Martini Tornacensis. (On The Restoration Of The Monastery Of Saint Martin's Of Tournai) [At Kansas] available 11/3/98
  Latin text to accompany Lynn Nelson's recently published transaltion.
• Survey of Brydithfield in the Manor of Brandon, Suffolk  [in Latin][At Kansas] available 11/3/98
  Transcription of a portion of Kenneth Spencer Research Library MS E112, a sixteenth-century survey of the ten fields in the manor.
• Rule of the Lady Hospitallers of the Royal Monastery of Sigena, 1188, in Latin, [At Kansas] available 11/3/98
  The Royal Monastery of Sigena was an institution of Lady Hospitallers and enjoyed a great deal of independence and influence. It would appear that its Rule was the work of Sancha, Queen of Aragon.
• The Commune of Bugelle (Biella): Documents and Statutes Part I, and Part II, 13-15th Century, full texts in Latin and English [At Kansas] available 11/3/98
• Rule of St. Augustine, full text. [At U Penn]  available 11/3/98
• The Act of Uniformity, 1559, [At BCP]  available 11/1/98
• The Book of Common Prayer, 1662 [At BCP]  available 11/1/98
  With some texts from the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and the second Book of 1552.
• Abbo of Fleury: The Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870, trans. Kenneth Cultler  available 11/1/98
• A Modern Relic Certificate, 1952  available 11/1/98
• Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu: Book XXX. Theory of the Feudal Laws among the Franks in the Relation They Bear to the Establishment of the Monarchy and Book XXXI. Theory of the Feudal Laws among the Franks, in the Relation They Bear to the
  Revolutions of their Monarchy, from the Spirit of the Laws, [At Constitution.org]   available 11/1/98
• Eirik the Red's Saga [At BNCanada] available 11/1/98
• WEB CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts [At UCC] available 11/1/98
  Online resource for contemporary and historical Irish documents in literature, history and politics.
• WEB Medieval Welsh Authors [At CCCCD] available 11/1/98
  In Welsh
• Susan Carroll-Clark [Mistress Nicolaa de Bracton]: A Statistical Survey of Given Names in Essex Co., England, 1182-1272 [At Geocities] available 11/1/98
  A well-research article by an SCA member.
• Master Huen's Boke of Gode Cookery   [At SCA site: at labs.net] available 11/1/98
  A compilation of Medieval recipes from period sources, with modern adaptations for the 20th c. kitchen. With diverse facts on food & feasting in the Middle Ages, and many things related historically.
• WEB The Richard III Society Online Library [At R3] available 11/1/98
  Medieval sources are linke to directly from here, but the site contains many more early modern and modern discussions of the Richard III controversy.
• Anonymous: Croyland Chronicle  [At R3] available 11/1/98
  A portion of the Second Continuation, and the full text of the Third and Fourth Continuations. Covers all entries for the period 1453-1486. Important primary source for the study of the Wars of the Roses and especially the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III.
• Anonymous: History of the Arrival of Edward IV. in England and the Final Recovery of His Kingdoms from Henry VI  [At R3] available 11/1/98
  Yorkist propaganda in one of its earlier manifestations. 
  • Part I: Introduction, with Footnotes and Transcriber's Notes on Textual Adaptation 
  • Part II: Landing through the Reconciliation with Clarence 
  • Part III: Confrontation at Coventry through the Battle of Barnet 
  • Part IV: The Coming of Queen Margaret through the Battle of Tewkesbury 
  • Part V: The Aftermath of Tewkesbury through the Surrender of the Bastard of Fauconberg 
  • Part VI: Endnotes 
• Anonymous: The Ballad of Bosworth Field [At R3] available 11/1/98
  Sixteenth-century poem, thought to be written by an eye-witness to the battle, with exhaustive list of Richard III's supporters. 
• Thomas More: The History of King Richard the Third. available 11/1/98
• Nicolas, Nicholas Harris: The Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: The Wardrobe Accounts of Edward IV [At R3] available 11/1/98
  Nicolas's introductory memoirs of Yorkist royalty, with commentary on the Ricardian controversies of the time; the privy purse expenses of Elizabeth of York. To come: the Wardrobe Accounts. A lengthy series of documents, consisting of 24 interlinked files.
• Plantagenet, Richard: The Statutes Ordained by Richard Duke of Gloucester, for the College of Middleham, July 4, 1478.   [At R3] available 11/1/98
• Titulus Regius, 1484   [At R3] available 11/1/98
  The Act of Parliament settling the crown on Richard III.
• Polydore Vergil: Anglica Historia, Books 23-25. available 11/1/98
  History of the deposition of Edward V and the reign of Richard III by humanist historian Polydore Vergil. One of the classic traditionalist sources.
• Horace Walpole: Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III, 1768. available 11/1/98
• John Warkworth, DD.: A Chronicle of the First Thirteen Years of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth.   [At R3] available 11/1/98
  Contemporary chronicle with Lancastrian leanings.
• Bibliography for Medieval Islam [At IGS] available 11/1/98

October 1998

• Gesta Arnaldi: The Deeds of Bishop Arnald of Le Mans and the Le Mans Commune, 1065-1081, trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
  From a compilation known as the Acts of the Bishops Living in the City of Le Mans, from a period when Maine was the object of a lengthy power struggle between Normandy and Anjou.The text also also provides the most detailed evidence for one of the earliest French communes - that of Le Mans in 1070.
• WEB Medieval Diplomatic and the Ars Dictandi available 10/27/98
  Editions and Translations by Steven M. Wight of treatises on privileges, charter doctrines and model charters in artes dictandi from Italy, France and Germany (1075-1194)
• The Cathedral Chapter of Chartres: The Riot of 1210, trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
  The circumstances of the Chartres Riot of 1210 described from the viewpoint of the Cathedral chapter. It provides clear insight into urban social tensions, and also sheds light on elements of liturgical procedure (particularly the liturgy of excommunication), on the cult of the Virgin, and on the increasing competency of the French crown in judicial matters.
• Three Disputes involving the Cathedral Chapter of Notre-Dame of Chartres, 1215-1224, trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
• Henry III: Documents of the Church of Salisbury in the Early 13^th Century, trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
• The Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury, 1315-1330,  trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
  Texts from the Register of Roger Martivall, Bishop of Salisbury. The last one, in particular, is of interest, as it is concerned with criminous clerks and clerical status.
• Philip II Augustus: Suppression of Etampes Commune, 1199-1200, trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
• Charters relating to Judicial Duels, 11^th - 12^th Century,  trans. Richard Barton available 10/27/98
  • Duel between Engelardus and the monks of Saint-Serge of Angers, c.1100
  • Abbots Daibert and Otbrannus prevent a battle between their monks, 27 and 28 April, 1064
  • Trouble between St Martin of Tours and Holy Cross of Talmont leads to a judicial battle, 1098
  • Abbot Robert of Mont-Saint-Michel seeks the right to determine where duels are held.
• William of Hundlehy: The Outrage at Anagni, 1303 available 10/27/98
  Select English Writs available 10/26/98
  Texts in Latin and English of the most important early writs.
• F. W. Maitland: The Forms of Action at Common Law, 1909  available 10/26/98
• Pope Nicholas I: Responses to the Questions of the Bulgars A.D. 866 (Letter 99), trans. W. North, full text. available 10/26/98
• Demetrios J. Constantelos: The Historical Development of Greek Orthodoxy, from Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church, Its Faith, History, and Practice [At Church of Greece]  available 10/26/98
  An Orthodox view of church history by a well-informed scholar.
• Demetrios J. Constantelos: The Human Being: A Mask or a Person? A Perspective in Greek Orthodox Theology and Humanistic Medicine [At Church of Greece]
  A useful discussion of the meaning of the Greek word prosopon and its use in the theological debates of the 4th century.  available 10/26/98
• Stylianos G. Papadopoulos: The Holy Trinity and the Parousia of the Holy Spirit According to St. John Chrysostom  [At Church of Greece]  available 10/26/98
• Constantine Scouteris: Platonic Elements in Pseudo-Dionysius Anti-Manichaean Ontology [At University of Athens]  available 10/26/98
• Arnold Toynbee: Christianity and Civilization [At Church of Greece]  available 10/26/98
  A very different view than Gibbon's.
• John Chrysostom: Treatise on the Priesthood, full text, [At St. Michael]  available 10/26/98
• John Chrysostom: Letters [At St. Michael]  available 10/26/98
  • Letters to Olympias
    • Letter I
    • Letter II
    • Letter III
    • Letter IV
    • Letter V
  • Letter to certain Presbyters of Antioch
  • Correspondence with the Bishop of Rome
    • Letter I to Innocent, Bishop of Rome
    • Letter II to Innocent, Bishop of Rome
    • From Innocent, Bishop of Rome to St. John
    • From Innocent to the People of Constantinople
• John Chrysostom: Homilies [At St. Michael]  available 10/26/98
  • Homilies on Saint Ignatius and Saint Babylas
  • Concerning the Power of Demons - Three Homilies
    • Homily 1
    • Homily 2
    • Homily 3
  • On Eutropius the Eunuch, Patrician and Consul - Homily 1
  • On Eutropius the Eunuch, Patrician and Consul - Homily 2
  • Concerning Lowliness (Humility) of Mind
  • Homily on the Paralytic Let Down Through the Roof
  • Against Publishing the Errors of the Brethren
  • A Treatise to Prove that No One Can Harm the ManWho Does Not Injure
    Himself
  • Against Marcionists and Manichaean
  • Homilies on the Statues
    • Introduction
    • Homily 1
    • Homily 2
    • Homily 3
    • Homily 4
    • Homily 5
    • Homily 6
    • Homily 7
    • Homily 8
    • Homily 9
    • Homily 10
    • Homily 11
    • Homily 12
    • Homily 13
    • Homily 14
    • Homily 15
    • Homily 16
    • Homily 17
    • Homily 18
    • Homily 19
    • Homily 20
    • Homily 21
• Hans Mayr: The Voyage and Acts of Dom Francisco, 1505-  available 10/24/98
• Procopius: The Plague, 542, History of the Wars, II.xxii-xxxiii: available 10/23/98
• Saint Brigid of Ireland (ascribed): The Heavenly Banquet [At Carleton] available 10/23/98
• The Rule of the Celi De as given by Saint Maelruain of Tallaght [At Geocities] available 10/23/98
• Thomas Aquinas: Summa Contra Gentiles, with some abridgement, trans. Joseph Rickaby 1905 [At Maritain Center] available 10/23/98
• Thomas Aquinas: Catena Aurea: Patristic Commentary on the Gospels (Matthew and Mark) [At Apana] available 10/23/98
• Brother John of Monte Corvino: Letter to the Minister General of the Friars Minor in Rome, c. 1280 available 10/23/98
• John of Damascus: Apologia Against Those Who Decry Holy Images, full text, available 10/23/98
• John of Damascus: Three Sermons on the Dormition (koimhsiV) of the Virgin, full text available 10/23/98
• Constantine VII Porphyrgenitus: De Ceremonies Aulae Byzantinae: A Diplomatic Stylesheet: Protocols and Forms of Address for Foreign Potentates, (De Ceremoniis, bk 2, cc. 46-48), trans. Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 10/23/98
• Constantine VII Porphyrgenitus: De Administrando Imperio: Relations with Northern Peoples in the 10th Century, excerpts, trans. Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 10/23/98
• John Skylitzes: Synopsis Historion, trans. Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 10/23/98
  With an account of  the Battle of Kleidion, 29 July 1014.
• Symeon Logothete: Chronicle, excerpts on the Reign of Constantine VII, trans, Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 10/23/98
• Theophanes Continuatus: Chronicle, excerpts on the Reign of Romanos I Lekapenos, trans. Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 10/23/98
• A Chronology of the Arian Controversy 311-383, [At EAWC] available 10/23/98
  With the texts of the Ten Arian Confessions.
• Norman O'Neal, S.J.: A Sketch of the Life of St. Ignatius Loyola [At LUC] available 10/23/98
• John Calvin: The Order of Excommunication and of Public Repentance 1569 [At SWRB] available 10/23/98
• The Schleitheim Confession, adopted by a Swiss Brethren Conference, February 24, 1527 [At Anabaptists.org] available 10/23/98
• Henry VIII (r.1509-1547): The Act of Supremacy 1534, excerpts, [At Northpark] available 10/23/98
• St. Francis Xavier: Letter from India, to the Society of Jesus at Rome, 1543 available 10/23/98
• St. Francis Xavier: Letter on the Missions,  to St. Ignatius de Loyola, 1549 available 10/23/98
• St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus at Goa, 1551 available 10/23/98
• St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552 available 10/23/98
• Hsu Kuang-chi: Memorial to Fra Matteo Ricci, 1617 available 10/23/98
• Martin Luther: On the Freedom of a Christian, full text available 10/23/98
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): Republics and Monarchies, Excerpt from Discourses I, 55 available 10/14/98
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Ancients and Liberty, Excerpt from Discourses II, 2 available 10/14/98
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): Founding a Republic, Excerpt from Discourses I, 9 available 10/14/98
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): History of Florence: Lorence de' Medici available 10/14/98
• Council of Agde: Concerning Slaves of the Church, 506 available 10/14/98
• Fifth Council of Orleans: Concerning Freedmen, 549 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Enslaving Noble Families, 511 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Harsh Treatment of Serfs and Slaves, c. 575 available 10/14/98
• Pope Gregory I the Great: On Manumission and Redemption, c. 600 available 10/14/98
• St. Eligius: Redemption of Slaves, c. 630 available 10/14/98
• Fourth Council of Toledo: On the Keeping of Slaves, 633 available 10/14/98
• Pope Gregory III: Prohibition on Selling Christians to Pagans for Sacrificial Rites, 731 available 10/14/98
• Lullo, Archbishop of Mainz: On Traffic in Ecclesiastical Serfs, c. 755 available 10/14/98
• Council of Worms: On the Murder of Slaves, 876 available 10/14/98
• Peter the Venerable vs. St. Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Keeping of Serfs, c. 1120 available 10/14/98
• Pope Innocent III: The Keeping of Slaves by the Jews, 1204 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Church Exemption from Taxation, c. 570 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Exemption of Tours from Poll Tax, c. 585 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Exemption of the Church in Clermont from Royal Taxes, c. 590 available 10/14/98
• Charles the Bald: A Renewal of the Privileges of a Monastery, 874 available 10/14/98
• Edgar, King of the English: Grant of Exemption from Taxation to Glastonbury, 965 available 10/14/98
• Law of The Visigoths: Succession to Inheritance, c. 475 available 10/14/98
• The Ripuarian Law: Inheritance of Allodial Land, c. 450 available 10/14/98
• Æthelwulf, King of Wessex: Grant of a Tenth of Public Land, 854 available 10/14/98
• Canute the Great: Granting of Fiefs, 1028 available 10/14/98
• Canute, King of the English: Inheritance in Case of Intestacy, c. 1016-1035
• Count Alberto of Tuscany: An Oral Grant of Inheritance, 1210 available 10/14/98
• Abbot Samson of Bury St. Edmunds: Denial of Claims to Hereditary Right, 1191 available 10/14/98
• Siegfreid of Mainz, Chancellor of the Empire: A Grant of a Fief in Islands, 1241 available 10/14/98
• Englebert, Lord of Engien: A Grant of Free Roads, 1210 available 10/14/98
• Henry I, King of England: Grant of Tax Liberties to London, 1133 available 10/14/98
• Codex Justinianus: Violation of the Thracian Land Law, c. 530 [XI.52.i.] available 10/14/98
• Pope Gregory I the Great: Succession to Tenant Holdings on Church Land, c. 600 available 10/14/98
• The Lombard Law of Rothari: Succession of Legitimate and Natural Sons, c. 643 available 10/14/98
• St. Omer: The Inheritance Law of 1128 available 10/14/98
• Pope Gregory I the Great: Payment of Merchet, c. 600 available 10/14/98
• Capitulary of Diedenhofen: On Heribannum, 805 available 10/14/98
• Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy: Remission of a Day's Service, 932 available 10/14/98
• Canute, King of the English: On Heriots and Reliefs, c. 1016-1035 available 10/14/98
• Abbey of Stavelot: Corvée of Labor, 1126 available 10/14/98
• Abbot of St. Mary of Tronchiennes: Relief for Succession to a Fief, 1233 available 10/14/98
• Second Council of Verneuil: On Misappropriation of Church Funds, 844 available 10/14/98
• Council of Altheim: Bequests of the Clergy, 916 available 10/14/98
• Frederick I Barbarossa: Affirmation of the Right of a Priest to Make a Will, 1165 available 10/14/98
• Tolls on the Rhône, c. 630 available 10/14/98
• Charlemagne: Restrictions on Tolls, 805 available 10/14/98
• King Louis the Child of Germany: An Inquiry into the Tolls of Raffelstettin, c. 905 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Otto II: Grant of Holdings and Rights at Bingen, 983 available 10/14/98
• Theoderic, King of the Franks: Grant of Tolls at Arras, 1036 available 10/14/98
  An elaborate and classified toll list for the use of the Monastery of St. Vaast, near Arras.
• Emperor Henry IV: Tolls on Craftsmen at Coblenz, 1104 available 10/14/98
• Raymond, Count of Barcelona: Exemption of Ships from Toll, 1118 available 10/14/98
• Rules of the Toll-Gatherers at Freiburg, 1178 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Henry IV: Revision of the Tolls of Utrecht, 1122 available 10/14/98
• Joan, Countess of Flanders: Grant to Weavers of Exemption from the Taille, 1224 available 10/14/98
• Henry III, Lord of Ireland: Grant of Tolls in Dublin, 1233 available 10/14/98
• Henry III, Lord of Ireland: Grant of Tolls in Dublin, 1250 available 10/14/98
• A List of the Tolls at the Port of Colibre, 1252 available 10/14/98
• Pepin, King of the Franks: Grant of Exemptions From Toll, 754 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Otto II: Grant of Freedom from River Tolls, 976 available 10/14/98
• Marseilles: Grant of a License to Evade Tolls, 1248 available 10/14/98
• Fourth Council of Toledo: Division of the Tithe in Spain, 633 available 10/14/98
• The Irish Canons: Collection of the Tithe, c. 750 available 10/14/98
• Charlemagne: Demarcation of the See of Bremen & Grant of Tithes, 788 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Louis the Pious: On Tithes, 817 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Otto the Great: Gift of a Tax to a Convent, 958 available 10/14/98
• William the Conqueror: Provision for Peter's Pence, c. 1066-1087 available 10/14/98
• Leges Edwardis Confessoris: Tithable Products of the Land, (Written post 1115) available 10/14/98
• St. Omer: Collection of the Leper Tithe, 1106 available 10/14/98
• Raymond, Count of Barcelona: Grant of a Tithe of the Tolls of Barcelona, 1132 available 10/14/98
• Henry II, King of England: The Saladin Tithe, 1188 available 10/14/98
• Margaretta, Countess of Flanders & Hainault: A Purchase of Tithes and Remission of a Tax, 1246 available 10/14/98
• Dagobert, King of the Franks: Grant of an Estate to Monks of St. Denis, 635 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Folquin: Sale of Lands & Privileges to a Monastery, 708 available 10/14/98
• An Inventory of Church of Staffelsee, 812 available 10/14/98
• An Inventory of the Abbey of St. Bertin, 867 available 10/14/98
• Regulations of the Property of Cluny, 1150 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: Richelinde: A Gift of Serfs to Abbey of St. Trond, 938 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Payment of Relief to a Monastery, c. 1055-1056 available 10/14/98
• Abbey of St. Trond: Contention Over a Tithe, 1131 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: Folcard of St. Trond: Pledge of a Beer Tax, 1139 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Renewal of Letters of Freedom, 1172 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: Gerard, Count of Loos: Exaction of the Head Tax at Brusthem, available 10/14/98 1175 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: The Inheritance Laws of Liège and Brusthem, 1175 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Grant of Goods and Revenues to a Hospital for the Poor, 1200 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: Protection of Revenues from Property, 1221 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Complaint About the Tithe of Ryckel, 1232 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Cession of Meadow-Lands to Tenants, 1243 available 10/14/98
• Cartulary of Saint Trond: Robert, Bishop of Liège: Protection of Fishing Rights, 1246 available 10/14/98
• Gregory of Tours: Opposition to Royal Taxation, c. 575-580 available 10/14/98
• Pope Gregory I the Great: Concerning Taxation in Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily, c. 600 available 10/14/98
• Capitulary of Lestinnes: Appropriation of Church Property for Military Purposes, 743 available 10/14/98
• Capitulary of Aachen: Payments on Tributary and Taxable Land, 817 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Henry IV: Exchange of an Estate for a Forest, 1059 available 10/14/98
• King John of England: Fees for Use of the Great Seal, 1199 available 10/14/98
• King John of England: Royal Licenses to Export and Import, 1205-1206 available 10/14/98
• King John of England: Prisage on Wine, 1205 available 10/14/98
• Henry III of England: Complaints of Heavy Taxation, 1230 available 10/14/98
• Emperor Frederick II: The Imperial Precaria, 1241 available 10/14/98
• Jan Hus (1372/73-1415): Final Declaration, July 1, 1415 [At this Site] available 10/12/98
• Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium), 1509 [At this Site][Full text] available 10/12/98
• Sir (St.) Thomas More (1478-1535): Utopia, 1516 [At this Site][Full text] available 10/12/98
• Christopher Columbus  (1451-1506): Letter to Lord Raphael Sanchez, 14 March 1493 [At Clinch Valley College] available 10/12/98
• Vasco da Gama (1460-1524): Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Amerigo Vespucci (1452-1512): Account of His First Voyage, 1497 [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Fra Soncino: Letter to Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Regarding John Cabot's First Voyage, 1497 CE [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• John Cabot (c.1450-1499): Voyage to North America, 1497  [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Ferdinand Magellan's Voyage Round the World, 1519-1522 CE [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Francis Pretty: Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round The World, 1580 [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618): The Discovery of Guiana, 1595 [At Modern History Sourcebook] available 10/12/98
• Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527):  The Prince, in chapter files, full text, [At Bibliomania]  available 10/12/98
• Thomas à Kempis (c.1380-1471): The Imitation of Christ, translated by  William Benham [Project Gutenberg Release #1653] available 10/12/98
• Sheikh Nefzaoui: The Perfumed Garden, 11th century CE/c. A.H 925, translated by Sir Richard Burton , in chapter files, full text, [At Bibliomania] available 10/12/98
  A guide to sex by a Tunisian writer of the 16th century. Does not discuss male homosexuality, but does discuss Lesbianism (in chap. 20).
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Rubaiyat, c. 1120
  This is not the famous translation by Edward Fitgerald, but a more complete version by   E. H. Whinfield.
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): In Praise of Wine, c. 1100 available 10/12/98
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Vanity of Regret, c. 1100 available 10/12/98
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Cup, c. 1110 available 10/12/98
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): Profession of Faith, c. 1120 available 10/12/98
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Wisdom of the Supreme, c. 1120 available 10/12/98
• Codex Justinianus: Protection of Freewomen Married to Servile Husbands, c. 530 [Vll.24.i.] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Return of Fugitive Slaves & Coloni, c. 530 [Xl.48.xii.] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Application of Patria Potestas to the Coloni, c. 530 [Xl.48.xiii] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Children of the Unfree, c. 530 [Xl.48.xxi.] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Protection of Freemen and Coloni, c. 530 [Xl.48.xxii.] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Children of Mixed Marriages, c. 530 [Xl.48.xxiv.] available 10/8/98
• Codex Justinianus: Coloni Bound to the Soil, c. 530 [Xl.51.i] available 10/8/98
• Procopius: The Roman Silk Industry, c. 550 available 10/8/98
• Extracts From the Roll-Book of the Arte Della Seta [The Silk Guild], Lucca 1225 available 10/8/98
• Grant of Privileges to the Flemings at Cologne, 1197 available 10/8/98
• King John of England: Privileges of the German Merchants, 1214-1215 available 10/8/98
• Privileges Granted to German Merchants at Novgorod, 1229 available 10/8/98
• Adalbert, Bishop of Worms: Grant of a Craft Gild to Fishermen, 1106-1107 available 10/8/98
• Henry II of England: Grant of a Gild to the Tanners of Rouen, 1170 available 10/8/98
• Henry II of England: Grant of a Gild to the Oxford Cordwainers, 1175 available 10/8/98
• Commune of Richirzegcheide: Grant of a Gild to the Carpenters, 1180 available 10/8/98
• Henry II of England: Grant of Freedom from Wreck to Men of Lübeck, 1176 available 10/8/98
• Frederick I of Germany: Charter to Lübeck, 1188 available 10/8/98
• Waldemar the Victorious of Denmark: Grant of Market Privileges to Men of Lübeck, 1203 available 10/8/98
• Frederick II of Germany: Grant to Lübeck of Freedom from Tolls at Cologne & Tiel, 1226 available 10/8/98
• Grant of a House at Riga to the Men of Lübeck, 1231 available 10/8/98
• Agreement Between Hamburg and Lübeck for Protection, 1241 available 10/8/98
• Henry, King of the Romans: Concerning Serfs Who Flee to the Cities of Alsace, 1224 available 10/8/98
• Abbot Cuthbert of Durham: Letter to the Archbishop of Mainz Soliciting Glaziers, 758 available 10/8/98
• Gebhard, Bishop of Constance: Allocation of Serfs to Crafts, 990 available 10/8/98
• Two Apprenticeship Agreements for Weavers [Arras and Marseilles], c. 1250 available 10/8/98
• List of Florentine Crafts Subject to Tax, 1316 available 10/8/98
• The Law of Brusthem, 1175, available 10/8/98
  on a mixed marriage between a slave and a freewoman.
• William the Conqueror: Sale of Slaves in England, c. 1080  available 10/8/98
• Roger of Hoveden: The Revolt of 1173-74, from The Chronicle available 10/6/98
• Roger of Hoveden: The Revolt and Death of the Young King, 1183, from The Chronicle available 10/6/98
• Gerald of Wales: On Henry II and his sons, from The Topography of Ireland, Chapters 49-50 available 10/6/98
• Gerald of Wales: Death of King Henry II and comments on the Angevin Family, from De Instructione Principis (On the Instruction of a Prince)  available 10/6/98
• Roger of Hoveden: The Last Days and Death of Henry II, 1189, from The Chronicle available 10/6/98
• John of Salisbury: Policraticus IV.1-4: On Princes and Tyrants available 10/6/98
• John of Salisbury: Policraticus, Book VI, chapter 24 available 10/6/98
• Selections from the Bible on Marriage   available 10/6/98
• St Augustine: On Marriage and Concupiscence, excerpts. available 10/6/98
  A crucial text for understanding why marriage was such a problem for medieval canonists and theologians.
• St Jerome (c. 320-420): On Marriage and Virginity, From Letter XXII to Eustochium and from the treatise Against Jovinian available 10/6/98
• St Jerome (c. 320-420): On The Song of Songs, From the treatise Against Jovinian available 10/6/98
• Roger of Hoveden: The Chronicle: On the Disputes between Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and King Henry II of England, early 13th c. available 10/6/98
  All the material from this chronicle relevant to the Becket matter; Roger quotes many letters written by those closely involved in the dispute, including Thomas himself.
• Gervase of Canterbury, d. 1205: Thomas Becket's Life, from History of the Archbishops of Canterbury available 10/6/98
  A precis of Thomas' career taken from Gervase's History of the Archbishops of Canterbury
• Gervase of Canterbury, d. 1205: Thomas Becket's Death available 10/6/98
  Description of the martyrdom from the same work.
• William of Newburgh: Becket and Henry, selections from Book II of his History, c. 1200 available 10/6/98
  Three chapters concerning Becket's career, the murder, and Henry II's penance at the tomb in 1174.
• The Persecution & Martyrdoms of Lyons In 177 A.D.: The Letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia including the story of the Blessed Blandina.[At Christian History Institute] available 10/6/98
• Æthelred Unrædy: The Laws of London, 978 available 10/6/98
  On money.
• Henry I of England: Monetary Regulations, 1108 available 10/6/98
• Use of the Currencies of Lucca and Pavia, 1182 available 10/6/98
• Coinage Agreement Between Hamburg and Lübeck, 1255 available 10/6/98
• Charles the Bald: Edict of Pistes, 864 available 10/6/98
  One of the most complete Carolingian documents on the regulation of coinage and mints.
• Edward the Elder: Coinage Regulations, c. 902-925 available 10/6/98
• Edgar the Peaceable: Regulation of Coinage, Measures, and Price of Wool, c. 959-975 available 10/6/98
• William of Malmesbury: Counterfeit Money in the Time of King Stephen, 1140 available 10/6/98
• Note of a Double Loan Arising from a Tax, 1203 available 10/6/98
• Pope Innocent III:  Protest to Philip Augustus of France Against Royal Protection of Jewish Money-Lenders, 1204 available 10/6/98
• Matthew of Paris: The Usury of the Cahorsins, 1235 available 10/6/98
• Louis the Pious: Grant of Minting Coins to Abbey of Corvey, 833 available 10/6/98
• James I of Aragon: The Barcelona Navigation Act, 1227 available 10/6/98
• James I of Aragon: Grant of Trade Privileges to Barcelona, 1232 available 10/6/98
• James I of Aragon: Improvement of Harbor Facilities in Barcelona, 1243 available 10/6/98
• James I of Aragon: The Barcelona Maritime Code, 1258 available 10/6/98
• Otto the Great: Grant of Market, Coinage, and Taxation Privileges to Bishopric of Osnabrück, 952 available 10/6/98
• Frederick I Barbarossa: Grant of Two Fairs at Aachen, 1166 available 10/6/98
• Frederick I Barbarossa: Grant of Two Fairs at Duisburg, 1173 available 10/6/98
• Memorandum of Arbitration Concerning a Freight Charge, 1230 available 10/6/98
  At Marseilles
• The Roubauds: A Purchase on Credit, 1248 available 10/6/98
• Bill of Sale, 1248 available 10/6/98
  An example of a bill of sale where the cooper is selling to certain partners a number of empty barrels, presumably for the wine trade.
• Bill of Lading, 1248 available 10/6/98
  Bills of lading were used in the 13th century, possibly they accompanied bills of exchange which were used as instruments of credit in order to economize in the shipment of specie.
• Acknowledgment by an Agent of an Order on Goods to be Sold in Montpellier, 1248 available 10/6/98
• Apprenticeship Agreements: To a Money-Changer, 1248 available 10/6/98
• Receipt of Deposit From a Money-Changer, 1248 available 10/6/98
• The De Manduels: Loan to a Master Mason, 1252 available 10/6/98
  At Marseilles
• Lease and Guarantee for Rental Property, 1254 available 10/6/98
  At Marseilles.
• Treaty for Peace and Commercial Harmony Between Florence & St. Gimignano, 1225 available 10/6/98
• The Arte della Lana & The Government of Florence, 1224 available 10/6/98
• The Life of Burchard Bishop of Worms, trans. William North, 1025 available 10/6/98
• Fulk, Prior of Deuil: Letter to Peter Abelard, (Epistola XIV), trans. William North,  11th century. available 10/6/98
  A letter to Abelard after his castration.
• Agobard of Lyons: On the Division of the Empire (to Louis the Pious), trans. William North,  c. 830  available 10/6/98
• Pope Gregory the Great: The Papal Estates, c. 600 available 10/5/98
• Domesday Book: Manors of the Abbey of St. Peter, Winchester, 1086 available 10/5/98
• Abbé Irminon: Polyptyque de Villeneuve-St. Georges, c. 800 available 10/5/98
• Lease of a Workshop in Marseilles, 1248 available 10/5/98
• Order for Sale of English Tin, 1248 available 10/5/98
• Louis the Pious: Two Grants of Extraction of Salt, 821-833 available 10/5/98
• Emperor Conrad III: Grant of Mining Rights to Abbey of Corvey, 1150 available 10/5/98
• Pre-Islamic Arabia: The Hanged Poems, before 622 CE
  The Pre-Islamic poems of Imru-Ul-Quais, Antar, and Zuhair which Muhammad allowed to remain hanging in the Ka'aba. available 10/2/98
• Al-Tanûkhî: Ruminations and Reminiscences, c. 980 CE  available 10/1/98
  "The Table Talk of a Mesopotamian Judge"

September 1998

• Numerous texts in Spanish added to Libro de fuentes medievales available 9/15/98
• Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (2nd half 5th century): Letters [At St. Pachomias] available 9/15/98
• Palladius: The Lausiac History [extended excerpts] available 9/15/98
• Palladius: On Husbandry, c. 350 available 9/15/98
• Justinian: Dialogue with Paul of Nisibis, translated by Dr. Jeffrey Macdonald, 1998 [At Pachomias] available 9/15/98
• Rules for the Governance of the Gild at Ipswich, 1201 available 9/15/98
• Pope Gregory the Great: Standard Prices for Grain, c. 600  available 9/14/98
• Bonfils Manganelli: Hiring of a Suit of Armor, 1248 available 9/14/98
• A Dispute Over Exaction of the Corvée, 1081  available 9/14/98
• Traffic in Slaves: England, 1065-1066 available 9/14/98
• Bills of Sale for Saracen Slave Girls, 1248 available 9/14/98
• Grant of Freedom to a Betrothed Serf, 1059 available 9/14/98
• Dagobert, King of the Franks: Grant of a Fair at St. Denis, 629  available 9/14/98
• Declaration of the Powers of the Count of Toul over the City of Toul, 1069 available 9/14/98
• William Clito, Count of Flanders: Charter for Town of St. Omer, 1127  available 9/14/98
• Theodore, Count of Flanders: Grant of Land for Gild-Hall of St. Omer, 1151 available 9/14/98
• Accounts of Tin Mining in Cornwall: Stannery Charters of 1198 & 1201 available 9/14/98
• Contract For Quarrying & Dressing Stone, 1248 available 9/14/98
• Agreement on the Exploitation of a Silver Mine, 1180 available 9/14/98
• Taxation in Norway, from The Heimskringla   available 9/14/98
• The Law of the Fullers & Weavers of Winchester, 1209 available 9/14/98
• The Regulations of the Garment Cutters' Gild of Stendal, 1231  available 9/14/98
• The Regulations of the Weavers' Gild of Stendal, 1233  available 9/14/98
• John, King of England: Grant to London Abolishing the Weavers' Gild, 1202  available 9/14/98
• Arras: The Charter of the Shearers, 1236 available 9/14/98
• Matthew Paris: Grant of a New Fair at Westminster, 1248  available 9/14/98
• The Hanse of Utrecht, 1251 available 9/14/98
• England: The Collection of Scutage, 1159-1195  available 9/14/98
• Anna Comnena: The Bogomils, c. 1110 available 9/14/98
• Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (Letopis' Popa Dukljanina), Partial Translation by Paul Stephenson [At Oxford] available 9/14/98
  "Also known as the Bar Genealogy, was originally composed in Slavonic in the late twelfth century, but has been preserved only in a sixteenth-century Latin translation. It was probably the work of Grgur (Gregory), bishop of Bar from 1172 to c. 1196, who championed the rights of the bishopric of Bar to preside over all the lands south of the river Cetina. A Major source for the Balkan history of the period."
• Hadith on fasting, collected by al-Bukhari (d. 870 CE) available 9/14/98
• Ibn Ishaq (d. c. 773 CE): Selections from the Life of Muhammad available 9/14/98
• Medieval Paleography, with sample texts, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
• Early Modern Paleography, with sample texts, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
• Manorial Surveys, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
  Includes Survey of Somersham, 1222, in Latin and English. (or non-frames version)
• Manorial Accounts, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
  Includes a sample account of Deverall, in Latin and English.
• Manorial and Franchisal Courts, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
  Includes Hinderclay Court Roll in Latin and English, and extracts from Brigstock Court Roll
• Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy 1332, ed. David Postles [At Leicester] available 9/11/98
• Rutland Lay Subsidy 1296, ed. David Postles [At Leicester]  available 9/11/98
• English Medieval Boroughs: Privileged Urban Communities, ed. David Postles [At Leicester]  available 9/11/98
• A Byzantine Mathematics Textbook, 888: [Page image]  available 9/11/98
  With Euclidean theorems.
• Stephen de Bourbon: De Supersticione: On St Guinefort, [At Cornell]  available 9/11/98
  The basis of the film The Sorceress about a sainted dog. Based on the tradition of St. Christopher as being "dog-faced".
• Abbot Suger: Life of King Louis the Fat, full text, trans. Jean Dunbabin [At Cornell]  available 9/11/98
• Rigord (1145/50-1209): Deeds of Philip II Augustus, trans Paul Hyams, full text? [At Cornell]  available 9/11/98
• Georges Duby: Society in the Mâconais in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries [At Cornell]  available 9/11/98
• The Leges Henrici Primi: Law of Partnerships, c. 1109-1118 available 9/11/98
• Partnership Agreements: A Money-lender & a Cooper, 1240 available 9/11/98
• Partnership Agreements: Purchase of Shares in a Ship, 1248 available 9/11/98
• Partnership Agreements: For Foreign Trade, 1248 available 9/11/98
• Partnership Agreements: For Money Changing, 1248 available 9/11/98
• An Order to Purchase, 1235 available 9/11/98
• Pope Innocent III:  License to Venice to Trade With The Saracens, 1198 available 9/11/98
• From The Heimskringla: Northern Fairs, c. 998-1026 available 9/11/98
• Otto the Great, King of Germany: Grant of a Market to the Monastery of Lorsch, 956 available 9/11/98
• Edgar, King of the English: Grant of Market Rights to Medhamstead Minster, 963 available 9/11/98
• Henry I, King of England: Grant of a Fair to Ramsey Abbey, 1110 available 9/11/98
• Accounts of Medieval Fairs & Markets, c. 998-1250 available 9/11/98
• Humbert de Romans: On Markets & Fairs, c. 1270 available 9/11/98
• Sale & Transfer of an Estate, 704 available 9/11/98
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Rent-payments in Kind and Coin, 852 available 9/11/98
• Roger of Wendover: National Regulations of Weights & Measures, 1187-1228 available 9/11/98
• Pledge of Land as Security for a Loan of Money, 1169 available 9/11/98
• A Promissory Note Secured By Collateral, 1200 available 9/11/98
• Accounts of the Routes of the Jewish Merchants to the East, 847 available 9/11/98
• Bishop of Speyer: Grant of Lands & Privileges to the Jews, 1084 available 9/11/98
• Leges Edwardis Confessoris: The Liberties of London, c. 1120 available 9/11/98
• Henry II, King of England: Charter Granted to Men of Rouen, 1153 available 9/11/98
• Documents Concerning the Origin of Guilds, 884-930 available 9/11/98
• Manorial Management & Organization, c. 1275 available 9/11/98
• The Church Fathers On Usury, 400-444 available 9/11/98
• Decrees on Sale of Unfree Christians, c. 922-1171 available 9/11/98
• A Treatise from Salerno on Nutrition: De flore dietarum, in Latin and Italian, [At Cilento] available 9/11/98
• Henry II of England: Concerning Loans From The Jews available 9/10/98
• Henry II: Inquest of Sheriffs Regarding the Forests, 1170 available 9/10/98
• Accounts of State Interference with Trade, 1242-1244 available 9/10/98
• Marseille: Lease & Guarantee for a House, 1254 available 9/10/98
• Ine, King of the West Saxons: Grant of Lands to the Church of St. Mary at Glastonbury, 725 available 9/10/98
• Siegfried, Archbishop of Bremen: Remittance of the "Hanse", 1181 available 9/10/98
• Coinage Agreement Between Hamburg & Lübeck, 1255 available 9/10/98
• From The Laws of the Visigoths: On Coinage, c. 681 available 9/10/98
• The Citizens of Brunswick: Grant of a Goldsmiths’Gild, 1231 available 9/10/98
• English Regulations on Exchange, 871-1087 available 9/10/98
• The Value of Foreign Coin in England, 1266 available 9/10/98
• Matthew of Paris: King Henry III’s Reformation of the Coinage, 1248 available 9/10/98
• Grant of Tolls on the Elbe, 983 available 9/10/98
• The Collection of Tithes in Ireland, 8th Century available 9/10/98
• Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales): The Commerce of Ireland, 1187 available 9/10/98
• Jocelin de Brakelond: Grant of Rights of Pre-emption, 1124 available 9/10/98
• John, King of England: Charter of Privileges Granted to Men of Dunwich, 1200 available 9/10/98
• Rights of the Dublin Guild, 1192 available 9/10/98
• Douai: Regulations on the Manufacture & Sale of Cloth, 1244 available 9/10/98
• Theodore, Count of Holland: Grant of a Hanse to the Citizens of Dortrecht, 1200 available 9/10/98
• Emperor Conrad: Grant of a Market & Fair at Donauwörth, 1030 available 9/10/98
• The Dialogue of the Exchequer: On The Forests, 1177 available 9/10/98
• John I, King of England: Charter Granted to the Citizens of Cambridge, 1201 available 9/8/98
• Jocelin de Brakelond: Concerning Loans to the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, 1173 available 9/8/98
• List of Tolls Exacted at Billingsgate, c. 978-1016 available 9/8/98
• Charlemagne: Limits on Passage of Merchants, c. 805-809 available 9/8/98
• Charlemagne: Prohibitions on Transactions, 803-806 available 9/8/98
• Capitulary of Frankfort: The Price of Staples, 794 available 9/8/98
• Roger of Wendover: Treaty Between Charlemagne & Offa, 790 available 9/8/98
• Charlemagne: Capitulary for the Jews, 814 available 9/8/98
• An Account of the Goods of a Captured Caravan, 1192 available 9/8/98
• Carolingian Capitularies on Serfs & Coloni, 803-821 available 9/8/98
• Louis the Pious: Duties of the Coloni, 817 available 9/8/98
• A Dispute Over the Exaction of Taxes at Bury St. Edmunds, 1198 available 9/8/98
• Monetary Regulations of the Carolingians, 750-817 available 9/8/98
• Otto I, Emperor: Grant of a Market at Bremen, 965 available 9/8/98
• Archbishop Thurstan: Charter Granted to Men of Beverley, 1130 available 9/8/98
• Philip, Count of Flanders: Charter Granted to the Men of Bruges, 1190 available 9/8/98
• Grants of Privileges at London to the Hanse of Cologne, 1157-1194 available 9/8/98
• Port of Arles: The Navigation Code, 1150 available 9/8/98
• Thomas Aquinas: On Usury, c. 1269-71 available 9/8/98
• Regulations of the Master Butchers of Tuln, 1237 available 9/8/98
• The Butchers of the City of Chartres: Prior Restraints on Trade, 1249 available 9/8/98
• Charter of Privileges to the Butchers of Paris, 1182 available 9/8/98
• Apprenticeship Agreements: To a Barber, 1248 available 9/8/98
• Baldesar Castiglione (1478-1529): The Book of the Courtier, translated by Sir Thomas Hoby (1561), full text [At Oregon] available 9/7/98
  [The English is too archaic for classroom use.]
• Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574): Lives of the Artists, Complete in English [Were at UM-Baltimore, now here] available 9/7/98
• The Life of St. Thomaïs of Lesbos, full text in Greek [Unicode] available 9/7/98
• The Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1208-1209  available 9/7/98
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Rent-payments in Kind and Coin, 852  available 9/7/98
• The Dialogue Between Master & Disciple: On Laborers, c. 1000  available 9/7/98
  A discussion of the work lives of plowmen, fishermen and oxherds.
• King Harald Harfager of Norway (r. 860-930): Laws for Land Property available 9/7/98
• Louis the Pious: Grant of Fishing Rights, 832 available 9/6/98
• Omar Khayyam: The Rubiayat, c. 1120 CE, or another version, both editions translated by Edward Fitzgerald. available 9/6/98
• Old Turkish Tales: The Queen of Night available 9/6/98
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): The Gulistan, c. 1256 CE. translation by James Ross (1890). available 9/6/98
• Hafiz (1325-1389 CE): Verses in Praise of God, c. 1370 CE available 9/5/98
• Al Hariri of Basrah (446-516 A.H./1054-1122 CE): Maqamat, (The Assemblies), c. 1100 CE, 12 of the 50 "assemblies". available 9/5/98
• Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or  Deliverance from Error), c. 1100 CE, full text. available 9/5/98
• The Legends & Poetry of The Turks, selections  available 9/5/98
• Sidi Ali Reis (16th Century CE): Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE  available 9/5/98
  A Turkish traveler's account of the world of India and the Middle East.
• Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (Masoudi) (ca. 895?-957 CE): The Book of Golden Meadows, c. 940 CE  available 9/5/98
  Masu'di  - "the Arab Suetonius" or "the Arab Herodotus"  - specialized in a history which went beyond chronology to look at themes and individual anecdotes.
• Omar Khayyam (d. 1123 CE): The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (first edition), trans. by Edward FitzGerald (page images [At Virginia] available 9/5/98
• Guillame de Tyr (William of Tyre) (c.1130- 1190): Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum [History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea], full text of Old French version (13th century) available 9/4/98
  • Books 1-9 the Old French translation from the edition of Paulin.
  • Books 10-16 ditto
  • Books 17-22 ditto
  • Books 23-34, the continuation, from the Recueil des historiens des croisades
  • Chronique du Templier de Tyr, from Les gestes des Chiprois as edited by Gaston Raynaud.
• The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts. available 9/3/98
• The Poets of Arabia, Selections available 9/3/98
• The Poetry of the Spanish Moors, Selections available 9/3/98
• Al Maggari: Tarik's Address to His Soldiers, 711 CE, from The Breath of Perfumes  available 9/3/98
• Ibn Sina (Avicenna) (973-1037): On Medicine, c. 1020 CE available 9/3/98
• Al Biruni (973-1048 CE): The Existing Monuments or Chronology, c. 1030 CE available 9/3/98
  One of the earlist Arabic historians.
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): Gulistan, 1258 CE, Full text, in short sections. [At MIT] available 9/2/98
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): Gulistan, 1258 CE, Full text of Persian prose/poetry text with significant homoerotic content available 9/2/98
• Sa'di (1184-1292 CE): The Bustan available 9/2/98
• Zamakhshari (1070-1143 CE): The Discoverer of Truth, c. 1130 CE available 9/2/98
• The Song of Roland, full texts, trans. John O'Hagan available 9/2/98
  In rhyming couplets!
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Masnavi, excerpts, c. 1250 CE available 9/1/98
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Fairest Land, c. 1250 CE available 9/1/98

August 1998

• Nizami  (1140-1203 CE): Khosru & Shireen, c. 1190 available 8/31/98
  Nizami, Rumi and Jami (next) are the great classical poets of Muslim Persia.
• Jami (1414-1492 CE): Joseph and Zuleika, c. 1470 CE available 8/31/98
• Accounts of the Arab Conquest of Egypt, 642 available 8/31/98
  The Coptic account from The History of The Patriarchs of Alexandria and an Arab account - Al-Baladhuri: The Conquest of Alexandria
• Ibn-Miskawaih: The Experiences of the Nations, c. 980 CE available 8/30/98
  Powerplays in the Abbasid court.
• Ibn al-Athir: On The Tatars, 1220-1221CE available 8/30/98
  The effects of the Mongols in Persia.
• Jalal ad-Din Rumi: Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz, c. 1270 CE available 8/30/98
• Ipswich: Account of the Setting Up of Self-Government, 1200  [At Medieval English Towns] available 8/30/98
• Ipswich: Calendar of Usages and Customs   [At Medieval English Towns] available 8/30/98
• Ipswich: Oaths of Officers and Burgesses  [At Medieval English Towns] available 8/30/98
• Ipswich: Account of Revenues and Expenditures, 1446/47  [At Medieval English Towns] available 8/30/98
• Ancient usages and customs of the borough of Maldon [At Medieval English Towns]   available 8/30/98
• Anselm (1033-1109): Proslogium, full text   available 8/29/98
• Gaunilo: In Behalf of the Fool, with Anselm's: Reply available 8/29/98
  Gaunilo's attack on the argument in the Proslogium, and Anselm's reformulation.
• Anselm (1033-1109): Monologium, full text   available 8/29/98
• Anselm (1033-1109): Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man)  available 8/29/98
• Anselm (1033-1109): Introduction to His Writings   available 8/29/98
• Anselm (1033-1109): Philosophers' Criticisms of Anselm's Ontological Argument for the Being of God  available 8/29/98
• Petrarch (1304-1374): The Ascent of Mount Ventoux available 8/29/98
• Gregory I the Great: The Book of Pastoral Rule, excerpts, c. 590 available 8/29/98
• Rupert, Count Palatine: Foundation of the University of Heidelberg, 1386 available 8/29/98
• Medieval Students' Songs available 8/29/98
• Asnapium: An Inventory of One of Charlemagne's Estates, c. 800 available 8/29/98
• Julius Caesar: The Germans, c. 51 BCE available 8/29/98
• Richer: The Election of Hugh Capet, 987 available 8/29/98
• Three Sources on the Ravages of the Northmen in Frankland, c. 843 - 912 available 8/29/98
  Excerpts from, The Annals of St. Bertin, Abbo's Wars of Count Odo with the Northmen in the Reign of Charles the Fat, and The Chronicle of St. Denis Based on Dudo and William of Jumièges
• William of St. Thierry: A Description of Clairvaux, c. 1143 available 8/29/98
• Two Accounts of the Early Career of St. Bernard, c. 1150 available 8/29/98
  Contains excerpts from William of St. Thierry: Life of St. Bernard, c. 1140, and The Acta Sanctorum of Arnold of Bonneval & Geoffrey of Clairvaux, c. 1153
• Beowulf (in Old English) available 8/25/98
• Frederick II (1215-1250): Dispute with the Church, 1245-1246 available 8/25/98
• Innocent III (r.1198-1216): Letters on Papal Polices available 8/25/98
  • Letter to Acerbius, 1198 (on papal authority
  • Papal Policies: Letter to the Archbishop of Auch, 1198 (on heresy): Letter to the French bishops (on usury); Letter to a bishop (on tithes); Letter to the Venetians, 1198 (on trade with the Saracens); A Papal Decree, 1199 (on the Jews)
  • Innocent and his Royal Contemporaries: Interdict of France, 1200, Decree on the Choice of a German King, 1201, Charter of Submission for the King of England, 1213
• Innocent III (r.1198-1216): Letters on Marriage, and Women, 1203-1204 available 8/25/98
• Ralph the Bald (ca.1025): Early Appearances of Heresy, c. 970 available 8/25/98
• Quicunque Vult, or The Creed of St. Athanasius available 8/25/98
• Modus Faciendi Homagium & Fidelitatem (The Manner of Doing Homage & Fealty), c. 1275 available 8/25/98
• The Assizes of Bread, Beer, & Lucrum Pistoris available 8/23/98
• Statuta Armorum (The Statutes of Arms), c. 1260 available 8/23/98
• Statuta de Forstallariis (Statute of Forestallers), c. 1300 available 8/23/98
• Judicium Pillorie (The Judgment of the Pillory) available 8/23/98
• Statuta de Mercatoribus (Statutes of Merchants), 11 Edw. I (1283) & 13 Edw. I (1285) available 8/23/98
• The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson, c. 1000 from The Saga of Eric the Red, (1387) available 8/22/98
• Paulus Diaconus (Paul the Deacon): Pope Gregory the Great and the Lombards, c. 593  available 8/20/98
• Sidonius Apollinaris: Theodoric of the Visigoths, c. 460  available 8/20/98
• Jordanes: Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths   available 8/20/98
• Einhard: The Wars of Charlemagne, c. 770 - 814 available 8/20/98
• The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel, c 1100 full text available 8/20/98
• The Conversion of Clovis: Two Accounts, 496 available 8/20/98
  by The Chronicle of St. Denis, and Gregory of Tours.
• Jordanes: An Account of the Person of Attila available 8/20/98
• Accounts of Medieval Literacy and Education, c. 1090-1530 available 8/15/98
• Thomas Walsingham: The Good Parliament of 1376, from Chronicon Angliae available 8/15/98
• Tertullian: On Pagan Learning, c. 220 CE available 8/15/98
  On the distinction between "Athens" and "Jerusalem".
• Bede (673-735): Ecclesiastical History of England: Book II complete, available 8/15/98
• Legislation Affecting the Jews, 300 to 800 CE available 8/12/98
  Index to Roman, Western and canonical laws
• Justinian: Novella 146: On Jews available 8/12/98
• Professions of Faith Extracted from Jews on Baptism, Visgothic and Byzantine available 8/12/98
• Prayers for Making a Synagogue into a Church, in Latin. available 8/12/98
  From the Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae
• John Chrysostom (c.347-407): Homilies Against the Jews available 8/11/98
  Full text of six of the eight sermons.
• The Charter of St. Patrick, 13th century [At Britannia]  available 8/9/98
  A fake document, attributed to St. Patrick but actually concocted by the monks of Glastonbury Abbey to prove their primacy over the neighboring See of Bath and Wells.
• The Declaration of Arbroath, April 6, 1320 [at Edinburgh]
  Text of the "Scottish Declaration of Independence", in Latin and English.
• Laura Certa: Letter to Bibulus Sempronius, 13 January 1488 [At CCNY]  available 8/9/98
• Laxdaela Saga [At OMACL] available 8/9/98
• The Story of the Ere-Dwellers ("Eyrbyggja Saga") [At OMACL] available 8/9/98
• The Story of the Heath Slayings ("Heitharviga Saga") [At OMACL] available 8/9/98
• The Nibelungenlied, c 1200 [HTML][At OMACL] available 8/9/98
• Nennius: Historia Brittonum, 8th century, full text available 8/9/98
• Everyman, 15th century, available 8/8/98
• Beowulf, 8th century, trans Francis Gummere, available 8/8/98
• Gildas (c.504-570): Works, full text [At UTK], available 8/8/98
• Gerald of Wales (1146-1225): The Conquest of Ireland, Book I, Chapter 46: Description of Henry II, king of the English, available 8/5/98
• The Chronicle of "Benedict of Peterborough": The Murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 29 December 1170 available 8/3/98
• Peter of Blois: Description of Henry II [Letter no. 66: to Walter, archbishop of Palermo, 1177)]  available 8/3/98
• The Chronicle of "Benedict of Peterborough": The Death of King Henry II, 1189 available 8/3/98
• Gerald of Wales (1146-1225): The Death of King Henry II, from the Life of Archbishop Geoffrey of York available 8/3/98
• Gerald of Wales (1146-1225): The Discovery of the Tomb of King Arthur, from On the Instruction of a Prince (De Instructione Principis), c. 1223 available 8/3/98

July 1998

• Abû Ûthmân al-Jâhiz: From The Essays, c. 860 CE available 7/26/98
  Arab Muslim views on the Zanj (Black Africans)
• Luther Before 1517: Letters to Spalatin available 7/26/98
  These letters are interesting in showing Luther's atitude towards Rome and towards theology. They also reveal that Luther's hatred of Jews, best seen in his 1543 letter, was not some affectation of old age, but was present very early on.
• The Charter of the Jews of the Duchy of Austria July 1, 1244. available 7/15/98
• Jews and the Later Roman Law 315-531 CE available 7/15/98
  Laws by Constantine the Great, Constantius (337-361), Theodosius II (408-410), and Justinian (527-565).
• Julian and the Jews, 361-363 CE available 7/15/98
  From Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History written about 443-450 CE
• The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681 CE available 7/15/98
• The Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE available 7/15/98
  Contains: The Confession of Agimet of Geneva, , October 20, 1349; Jacob von Königshofen (1346-1420); Chonicle;  The Epitaph of Asher aben Turiel, Toledo, Spain, 1349
• The Expulsion from Spain, 1492 CE
  Account by an Italian Jew. available 7/15/98
• An Oath Taken by Jews Frankfort on the Main, about 1392 CE available 7/15/98
• The Expulsion of the Jews from France, 1182 CE
  Account by Rigord from the Gesta Philippi Augusti.
• St. Louis and the Jews of France, before 1270 CE available 7/15/98
  Account by Joinville.
• Pact of Umar (another version), 9th century CE? available 7/15/98
• Chrétien de Troyes: Lancelot, c. 1170, excerpts. available 7/8/98
• Perpetua: The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicity, 203, excerpts. available 7/8/98
• The Sarum Missal: Easter Sunday Mass. available 7/8/98
• The Trial of Enguerrand IV de Coucy Before Louis IX, 1259. available 7/8/98
• Caesarius of Heisterbach: Medieval Heresies, from Dialogue on Miracles, V. available 7/8/98
  Discussion of Waldensians, Albigenses, and "intellectual heretics" at Paris.
• Ibn Rushd (Averroës) (1126-1198 CE): Religion & Philosophy, c. 1190. The text is On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy, or in Arabic Kitab fasl al-maqal, with its appendix (Damina). Appended is an extract from Kitab al-kashf`an manahij al-adilla.available 7/7/98
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Assessment of William I. available 7/6/98
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: The Domesday Book, 1086. available 7/6/98
• The "Laws of Henry I": The Murder Fine available 7/6/98
• Ernoul: The Battle of Hattin, 1187. available 7/6/98
• Concord made between Laurence the Clerk, Son of William & Sir Simon, son of Richard of Stanstead and their kinsmen, c. 1150 x 1178. available 7/6/98
• John of Ibelin: Account of a Plea, 1198, The earliest documented instance of an appeal to the Assise sur la ligece. available 7/6/98
• Decree of Council of Pisa: On the Powers of the Council, 1409 available 7/6/98
• The Rule of Saint Benedict, shorter excerpts, ca. 530. available 7/6/98
• Bede: Gregory the Great, from the Ecclesiastical History. available 7/6/98
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): Autobiography: Excerpts on the Franks, c.1175 CE. available 7/6/98
• Barbarossa and the Lombards. Excerpts from the Diet of Ronçaglia, 1158, and The Peace of Constance, January 25, 1183. available 7/6/98
• Al-Hallaj: Sayings, a Sufi Mystic.available 7/6/98
• Liutprand of Cremona (c.922-c.972): Report on Mission to Constantinople, 963, excerpts. available 7/6/98
• Tacitus: Germania, in Latin. available 7/6/98
• Tacitus: Germania, shorter excerpts. available 7/6/98
• Petrarch: Letter Criticizing the Avignon Papacy available 7/6/98
• Raimon de Cornet (14th cent. troubadour): Poem Criticizing the Avignon Papacy available 7/6/98
• Bede (673-735): The Explanation of the Apocalypse available 7/6/98
• The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, 1438 available 7/6/98
• Hundred Years War: Treaty of Troyes, 1420 and Conditions in France in 1422. available 7/6/98
• Augustine of Hippo (354-430): The City of God: excerpts on the Two Cities. available 7/6/98
• William of Ockham (1299-1350): Dialogus, Latin text edition and English translation by John Kilcullen and John Scott. [At britac.ac.uk] available 7/5/98
• The Suda: Entries on Grammarians, Rhetoricians ands Sophists, [At Leeds] available 7/5/98
• The Apocalyptic Dossier: 967-1033, Richard Landes' compilation of texts showing Millenial concern c. 1000 CE [At Mille.org] available 7/5/98
• Eternal Bond of Brothers - Between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, The Origins of Switzerland, 1291, with Latin Original and German Version available. [At BYU] available 7/5/98
• Ambrose of Milan: Selected Letters, [At Calgary] available 7/5/98
• Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus, 1492 [At Yale] available 7/5/98
• Hymn to Virgin, c.1300 [At Bartleby] available 7/5/98
• Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527): The Prince, 1513, full text in HTML. available 7/5/98
• Peter Abelard: Sic et Non, excerpts, [At Clinch Valley College] available 7/5/98
• Roger Bacon: On Experimental Science, from Opus Majus, 13th century [At Clinch Valley College] available 7/5/98
• List of Prices of Medieval Items, [At QUT.Au] available 7/5/98
• Rules of the University of Paris, 1215, [At Clinch Valley College] available 7/5/98
• Otfrid: Preface to a Gospel Harmony (Letter to Liudbert), c. 870, in Latin and English [At Kansas] available 7/5/98
• Baldesar Castiglione (1478-1529): The Book of the Courtier, short extracts [At CCNY] available 7/5/98
• The Qur'an: The Women: From Surah's 2 and 4, [At CCNY] available 7/5/98
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh: On European Piracy, 13th Century. [At CCNY] available 7/5/98
• Usmah Ibn Munqidh: On Muslim and Christian Piety, 13th Century. [At CCNY] available 7/5/98
• The Cloud of Unknowing, 15th century, trans Evelyn Underhill, [At CCEL]
• The Life of St. Kosmos Aitolos, with his Teaching and Letters, 1714-1779. Trans by Nomikos Vaporis, [AT GOA] available 7/5/98
  This text has the Antisemitic aspects of Komos' life and works removed.
• Yakut: Baghdad Under the Abbasids, c. 1000 CE available 7/2/98
• Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours: Three Accounts, 732 available 7/2/98
• Evagrius: St. Simeon Stylites from Ecclesiastical History, I.13, available 7/2/98
• Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330-395 CE): History, XIV.16: The Luxury of the Rich in Rome, c. 400 available 7/2/98
• Jordanes (fl.c.550 CE): History of the Goths Chap. 38: The Battle of Chalôns, 451 available 7/2/98
  The defeat of Attila.
• Jordanes (fl.c.550 CE): History of the Goths Chap. 20: The Devastation of the Goths in the Reign of Gallienus, 260-268 available 7/2/98
• Rutilius Numantius: On His Return, I.xi.47, The Greatness of Rome in the Days of Ruin, 413 available 7/2/98
• Deeds of Zenophilus: How the Romans Tried to Seize Christian Books, c. 395 available 7/2/98
• Sozomen (d. c. 450 CE): Constantine Founds Constantinople, 324, from Ecclesiastical History 2.3 available 7/2/98
• Theodoret (c.393-466 CE): St. Ambrose Humiliates Theodosius the Great, from Ecclesiastical History, V.17-18 available 7/2/98
• Ancient Accounts of Arabia available 7/2/98
  Accounts from Herodotus, Strabo, Dio Cassius, and Ammianus Marcellinus

June 1998

• Magna Carta, 1215 1090, en castellano, available via here 11/15/97 [At University of Lima]
• The Life of King Edward the Confessor [At Cambridge] available 6/30/98
  Visual presentation of Cambridge University Library MS. Ee.3.59 which "contains the only copy of an illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England probably in the later 1230s or early 1240s, and preserved in this manuscript, executed c. 1250-60.
• Institutes, 535, very extensive selections, in English, available 6/29/98
• Oldradus de Ponte: No. 35 (Questio), early 14th century, available 6/27/98.
  The issue here is the validity of a marriage contract made under duress. A woman was kidnapped, held captive and raped over a period of twelve days. During that time, the villain compelled the woman to pronounce the words of a marriage ceremony, after which he endeavored to consummate the marriage.
• Oldradus de Ponte: No. 92 (Questio), early 14th century, available 6/27/98.
  The here was the responsibility of a knight who had been entrusted with a castle while a war was going on. That knight gave custody of the castle to someone else who then lost it to the enemy. Was the original knight liable for the castle's loss? What is the responsibility of someone who undertakes to keep something safe for someone else?
• Justinian I: Novel 77, [538 CE] and Novel 141, [544 CE] [At PWH] available 6/27/98
  Includes texts of earlier Roman legislation on homosexuality.
• Anglo Saxon Dooms, 560-975, available 6/21/98. These include:
  The Laws of Æthelberht, King of Kent 560-616 A.D.
  The Laws of Kings Hlothhære and Eadric 673-686 A.D.
  The Laws of King Wihtræd 690-725 A.D.
  The Laws of King Alfred 871-901 A.D.
  The Laws of King Edward the Elder, 901-924 A.D.
  The Laws of Alfred, Guthrum, and Edward the Elder
  The North People's Law
  Mercian Law
  The Laws of King Athelstan 924-939 A.D.
  The Laws of King Edmund I 939-946 A.D.
  The Laws of King Edgar 959-975 A.D.
• The Flores Historiarum: On William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, c. 1307, available 6/21/98
• The Trial of Joan of Arc, 1431, available 6/21/98
• Livre des Sources Médiévales. A New addition to the Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Contains over 150 documents in French, Latin, Langue d'oil, and Occitan. available 6/19/98
• William of Malmesbury: The Battle of Hastings, 1066, excerpts, available 6/19/98
• Peter Abelard: Sic et Non (Yes and No), 1120, short extracts, available 6/19/98
• Bracton: De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliæ (On the Laws and Customs of England), in English and Latin, attributed to Henry of Bratton, c. 1210-1268), Full Text, available via here 6/18/98 [At Cornell]

May 1998

• The Questioning of John Rykener, A Male Cross-Dressing Prostitute, 1395, available 5/27/98
  This is the one a a minute number of texts from legal processes on same-sex activities in late medieval England. The document contains a facsimile of the Roll membrane, a Latin transcription, and a translation.
• The Condemnation of Wycliffe, 1382 and Wycliffe's Reply, 1384. Also includes John Wycliff (1324-1384): Condemned Propositions 1382, available 5/27/98
• Marsiglio of Padua: Defensor Pacis: Selections from Text, 1324 [d.1343], available 5/27/98
• Cuchulainn's Initiation, available via here 5/14/98 [At enteract.com]
• Initiation of a Warrior: Going Berserk, Volsunga Saga chapters 7-8 available via here 5/14/98 [At enteract.com]
• Thomas Aquinas: Reasons in Proof of the Existence of God, 1270 from the Summa Theologiae, available 5/14/98
• Roger Bacon: On Experimental Science, 1268 available 5/14/98
• Codex Theodosianus: On Religion, available 5/14/98
• Cato: Distichs, available via here 5/9/98 [At Harvard]
  Used as textbook in teaching elementary Latin in the middle ages. Not by the two famous Roman Catos.
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321: Letter to Cangrande, available via here 5/9/98 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Excerpts, available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Incipit, available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus I (The Dreamer is Instructed by Holy Church), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus II (Lady Meed Appears), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus III (The Debate of Meed and Conscience), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus IV (Reason Counsels the King), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus V (Confession of the Seven Deadly Sins), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus VI (Piers Sets All to Work), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus VII (The Pardon Granted to Piers), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• William Langland: Piers Plowman: Passus XVIII (The Harrowing of Hell), available via here 5/9/97 [At Harvard]
• Andreas Capellanus: The Art of Courtly Love, (btw. 1174-1186), available via here 5/9/99 [At Harvard]
• Story of Mac Dathó's Pig, 12th Cent. available via here 5/8/98 [At Vassar]
• The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living, 12th Cent. available via here 5/8/98 [At WVU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): Virgin of Antioce, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Paul the Hermit, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Julian, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Marina, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Blasius, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Ambrose, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Mary Magdalene, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. James the Great, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Alexis Homo Dei, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): Judas Iscariot, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Vincent, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Francis, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Sebastian, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Macarius, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Anthony Abbot, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Anastasia, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St Thomas Apostle, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Silvester, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Christopher, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Andrew, Apostle, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Lucy, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. Nicholas, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Jacobus de Voragine (1230-1298): St. George, in Latin, available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Justinian: Institutes, Books 1-IV, In Latin available via here 5/6/98 [At GMU]
• Life of Sergius of Radonezh, (c.1314-1392) available via here 5/6/98 [At Durham]
• St. Patrick (5th Cent): Letter to Coroticus, available via here 5/2/98 [At St. Patrick Page]
• Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 CE): The Battle of Adrianople 378 CE, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Julian ("the Apostate") (b.332-r.361-d.363): Letter to Arsacius, c. 360 available via here 5/2/98 [At Northpark]
• Zosimus: Historia Nova available via here 5/2/98 [At Northpark]
  On the ending of Paganism.
• Viking and Hungarian Attacks late 9th Cent., available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Homages Paid by the Counts of Champagne 12th Cent., available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• John of Toul's Homage to the Count of Champagne, 13th Cent., available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Ernoul, a Frank: The Battle of Hattin, 1187, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• English Grant to the Captor of Prize Ships, 1205, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Orders for the English Fleet, 1326, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• The Second Battle of St. Albans, 1461, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Invasion of Northern England, 1463, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Siege of Bamborough, 1464, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• The Battle of Barnet, 1471, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• The Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Equipment List of the HMS Mary Rose, 1514, available via here 5/2/98 [At Hillsdale]
• Robin Hood and the Monk, after 1450, available via here 2/5/98[At Purdue]
  The earliest Robin Hood Ballad.
• The Qu'ran: Al-Fatiha (The Opening), text with RealAudio chanting, available via here 5/2/98 [At Islam.org]
  The entire Qu'ran is available in audio at this site.
• Mar Narsai (5th-6th Cent.): An Exposition of The Mysteries, available via here 5/2/98 [At Aldawood]
• Jean Froissart: Chronicles - The English Peasant Revolt 1381, available via here 5/2/98 [At Clinch Valley College]
• Jean Froissart: Chronicles - The Great Schism, available via here 5/2/98 [At Clinch Valley College]

April 1998

• Jacques De Vitry, Life of Mary of Oignies, trans. Margot King, [At Matrix]
  [The full English translation is no longer available on the net. This is a partial version.]
• Thomas de Cantimpré, Vita Lutgardis Virgine in Aquiriae Brabantia, Liber II, and Liber III, in Latin, [At Peregrina Press's Matrologia Latina site]. available via here 4/28/98.

March 1998

• Adamnan: Life of St. Columba and Latin Text: Book I and Book II, cc.1-30. available via here 3/19/98. The English/Latin side-by-side version, is still available [At Utah].
• The Rule of St. Augustine, in Latin, [At Augustiner], available via here 3/19/98
• Anglo-Saxon Charms, trans. Karen Jolly [At Univ. Hawaii], available via here 3/16/98
• Rimbert: The Life of Anskar, the Apostle of the North, 801-865, available 3/3/98.

February 1998

• Bede: Ecclesiastical History of England: Book I, (673-735), available 2/25/98.
• Richer of Rheims: Journey to Chartres, 10th Century,trans. M. Markowski [M-Markow@wcslc.edu], , available 2/25/98.
• Jacques de Vitry: The Life of Mary D'Oignies, in Latin, [At Peregrina Press's Matrologia Latina site], available via here 2/25/98
• St. Gertrud of Helfta: Herald of Divine Grace: Book 1 and Book 2, full text in Latin [At Peregrina Press's Matrologia Latina site], available via here 2/25/98
• Ephrem the Syrian: Writings Extant only in Greek, [At Arimethea], available via here 2/25/98
• Fifty Five Beatitudes
• Three Short Discourses
• Sermon on the Fathers who have completed their course
• Sermon in Heptasyllabics
• Theodore of Studium: Two Letters from Exile [Letters Book II: 38 and 156], [At Arimethea], available via here 2/25/98
• Theodore of Studium: Catechesis on the Nativity [Catechesis 32], [At Arimethea], available via here 2/25/98

January 1998

• The Seven Sacraments: Catholic Doctrinal Documents, available 1/3/98
  Excerpts from the Profession of Faith of Michael Paleologus (1274), and the Decree for the Armenians (1439).
• Salvian: The Burden of Taxation, c. 440, available 1/3/98
• Why Study History Through Primary Sources, available 1/1/98

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