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Internet Medieval Sourcebook
New Additions
Additions in Current YearPaul
Halsall, ORB sources editorThe Internet Medieval Sourcebook is now part of
ORB, the Online Reference Book
for Medieval Studies.
For Index, and Current Year see see
current New Additions pageDocuments added in:
Recorded here are all primary source texts as they are added to any part of the
Sourcebook (Selected Sources, Full Texts, or Saints' Lives). Texts added on the Fordham
Server are listed as available 00/00/00; texts on other servers are listed as available
via here 00/00/00. Although there are also secondary sources in the Sourcebook, they
are not listed here.
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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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 Dictandiavailable 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 13th 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, 11th - 12th 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
- John Chrysostom: Homilies [At St. Michael] available 10/26/98
- 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 Muhammadavailable 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
GoldsmithsGild, 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 IIIs
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
- 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 Pistorisavailable 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
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 [[email protected]], , 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
- 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
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