A Source Book of Mediæval History

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Editor

Ogg, Frederic Austin, 1878-1951

Title

A Source Book of Mediæval History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance

Credits

E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( www.archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Middle Ages -- Sources

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Text

eBook-No.

39227

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39227

Release Date

March 21, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( http://www.archive.org ) — A SOURCE BOOK OF MEDIÆVAL HISTORY DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF EUROPEAN LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS FROM THE GERMAN INVASIONS TO THE RENAISSANCE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION — THE NATURE AND USE OF HISTORICAL SOURCES
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.A SOURCE BOOK OF MEDIÆVAL HISTORY — CHAPTER I. THE EARLY GERMANS — 1. A Sketch by Cæsar — 2. A Description by Tacitus — CHAPTER II. THE VISIGOTHIC INVASION — 3. The Visigoths Cross the Danube (376) — 4. The Battle of Adrianople (378) — CHAPTER III. THE HUNS — 5. Descriptions by a Graeco-Roman Poet and a Roman Historian — CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY FRANKS — 6. The Deeds of Clovis as Related by Gregory of Tours — 7. The Law of the Salian Franks — CHAPTER V. THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN BRITAIN — 8. The Saxon Invasion (cir. 449) — 9. The Mission of Augustine (597) — CHAPTER VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 10. Pope Leo's Sermon on the Petrine Supremacy — 11. The Rule of St. Benedict — 12. Gregory the Great on the Life of the Pastor — CHAPTER VII. THE RISE OF MOHAMMEDANISM — 13. Selections from the Koran — CHAPTER VIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY OF FRANKISH KINGS — 14. Pepin the Short Takes the Title of King (751) — CHAPTER IX. THE AGE OF CHARLEMAGNE — 15. Charlemagne the Man — 16. The War with the Saxons (772-803) — 17. The Capitulary Concerning the Saxon Territory (cir. 780) — 18. The Capitulary Concerning the Royal Domains (cir. 800) — 19. An Inventory of One of Charlemagne's Estates — 20. Charlemagne Crowned Emperor (800) — 21. The General Capitulary for the Missi (802) — 22. A Letter of Charlemagne to Abbot Fulrad — 23. The Carolingian Revival of Learning — CHAPTER X. THE ERA OF THE LATER CAROLINGIANS — 24. The Oaths of Strassburg (842) — 25. The Treaty of Verdun (843) — 26. A Chronicle of the Frankish Kingdom in the Ninth Century — 27. The Northmen in the Country of the Franks. — 28. Later Carolingian Efforts to Preserve Order — 29. The Election of Hugh Capet (987). — CHAPTER XI. ALFRED THE GREAT IN WAR AND IN PEACE — 30. The Danes in England — 31. Alfred's Interest in Education — 32. Alfred's Laws — CHAPTER XII. THE ORDEAL — 33. Tests by Hot Water, Cold Water, and Fire — CHAPTER XIII. THE FEUDAL SYSTEM — 34. Older Institutions Involving Elements of Feudalism — 35. The Granting of Fiefs — 36. The Ceremonies of Homage and Fealty — 37. The Mutual Obligations of Lords and Vassals — 38. Some of the More Important Rights of the Lord — 39. The Peace and the Truce of God — CHAPTER XIV. THE NORMAN CONQUEST — 40. The Battle of Hastings: the English and the Normans — 41. William the Conqueror as Man and as King — CHAPTER XV. THE MONASTIC REFORMATION OF THE TENTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWELFTH CENTURIES — 42. The Foundation Charter of the Monastery of Cluny (910) — 43. The Early Career of St. Bernard and the Founding of Clairvaux — 44. A Description of Clairvaux — CHAPTER XVI. THE CONFLICT OVER INVESTITURE — 45. Gregory VII.'s Conception of the Papal Authority — 46. Letter of Gregory VII. to Henry IV. (December, 1075) — 47. Henry IV.'s Reply to Gregory's Letter (January, 1076) — 48. Henry IV. Deposed by Pope Gregory (1076) — 49. The Penance of Henry IV. at Canossa (1077) — 50. The Concordat of Worms (1122) — CHAPTER XVII. THE CRUSADES — 51. Speech of Pope Urban II. at the Council of Clermont (1095) — 52. The Starting of the Crusaders (1096) — 53. A Letter from a Crusader to his Wife — CHAPTER XVIII. THE GREAT CHARTER — 54. The Winning of the Charter — 55. Extracts from the Charter — CHAPTER XIX. THE REIGN OF SAINT LOUIS — 56. The Character and Deeds of the King as Described by Joinville — CHAPTER XX. MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITY — 57. Some Twelfth Century Town Charters — 58. The Colonization of Eastern Germany — 59. The League of Rhenish Cities (1254) — CHAPTER XXI. UNIVERSITIES AND STUDENT LIFE — 60. Privileges Granted to Students and Masters — 61. The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg (1386) — 62. Mediæval Students' Songs — CHAPTER XXII. THE FRIARS — 63. The Life of St. Francis — 64. The Rule of St. Francis — 65. The Will of St. Francis — CHAPTER XXIII. THE PAPACY AND THE TEMPORAL POWERS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES — 66. The Interdict Laid on France by Innocent III. (1200) — 67. The Bull "Unam Sanctam" of Boniface VIII. (1302) — 68. The Great Schism and the Councils of Pisa and Constance — 69. The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438) — CHAPTER XXIV. THE EMPIRE IN THE TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES — 70. The Peace of Constance (1183) — 71. Current Rumors Concerning the Life and Character of Frederick II. — 72. The Golden Bull of Charles IV. (1356) — CHAPTER XXV. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR — 73. An Occasion of War between the Kings of England and France — 74. Edward III. Assumes the Arms and Title of the King of France — 75. The Naval Battle of Sluys (1340) — 76. The Battle of Crécy (1346) — 77. The Sack of Limoges (1370) — 78. The Treaties of Bretigny (1360) and Troyes (1420) — CHAPTER XXVI. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE — 79. Dante's Defense of Italian as a Literary Language — 80. Dante's Conception of the Imperial Power — 81. Petrarch's Love of the Classics — 82. Petrarch's Letter to Posterity — CHAPTER XXVII. FORESHADOWINGS OF THE REFORMATION — 83. The Reply of Wyclif to the Summons of Pope Urban VI. (1384)
6. 6.INDEX
7. 7.FOOTNOTES:

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