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This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek relating to the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 4 (published in 1871) contains texts focusing on Orthodox churches and monasteries in Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean.
This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 3 (published in 1865) focuses on diplomatic and trade relations between Byzantium/Istanbul and the Italian city-states.
This six-volume work, published in Vienna between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 2 (published in 1862) contains further letters and decrees of the fourteenth-century Patriarchs of Constantinople.
Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 5 (1847) complements Volumes 1 and 2 with additional Latin and Old English texts from the early seventh to the mid-tenth century, including many from the Codex Wintoniensis.
Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 4 of the Codex (1846) contains texts from the early eleventh century to the Norman Conquest, including some derived from the then newly discovered Codex Wintoniensis.
Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 3 of the Codex (1845) contains Latin and Old English texts from the mid-tenth to the early eleventh century, and includes Kemble's pioneering discussion of vernacular boundary-clauses.
Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 2 (1840) contains Latin and Old English texts from the mid-ninth to the mid-tenth century, ending with King Edgar's charter for the New Minster, Winchester.
Thierry's two-volume account of the Norman conquest of England was originally published in French in 1825, the English translation following in 1847. Volume 1 is divided into seven parts and accounts for the period from 55 BCE until the final battle of the English against the Norman conqueror in 1137.
The abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers in north-western France was founded by King Childebert I in the sixth century. In this 1903 work, Bertrand de Broussillon (1841-1915) published its charters from the foundation onwards. Volume 1 focuses on the Charter of Saint Aubin, dating from around 1175.
Coulton was a talented populariser of medieval history. In this 1925 book he examines the workings of the European village, and how it was controlled by its lay or ecclesiastical lords. By using a wide range of original sources he discusses all aspects of the lives of ordinary people.
M. R. James' short book from 1901 on the texts inscribed in the famous stained-glass windows of Canterbury Cathedral is paired here with an anonymous guide to the windows published in 1897.
This 1911 volume contains transcripts and translations of the royal charters issued to the city of Lincoln between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. The introduction discusses the content and importance of the charters, and the necessity for their preservation and publication as the foundations of modern civic democracy.
This volume, first published in 1943, is a continuation of Adolphus Ballard and James Tait's studies of medieval borough charters. Weinbaum discusses the spread of uniformity in borough charters in a shorter first section, providing examples of individual borough charters listed by county in an expanded second section.
After Adolphus Ballard's death in 1915, Professor James Tait (1862-1944) completed this volume analysing medieval borough charters from the period 1216-1307. Tait analyses a collection of documents to examine changes in the development of boroughs in this period. English translations of Latin borough documents are also provided.
In this posthumous work (1921), Heywood charts the growth of Pisa from a small port at the end of the Roman period to a powerful city-state by the end of the twelfth century. This volume provides a valuable addition to the study of the historiography of medieval Italy.
Volume 3 of this three-volume 1888 publication by the influential American historian Henry Charles Lea focuses on the Inquisition's impact on scholarship and intellectual life, on faith and civic culture, and on religious movements. He also argues that the Inquisition stimulated growing belief in sorcery and witchcraft.
Volume 2 of this three-volume 1888 publication by the influential American historian Henry Charles Lea explores the Inquisition in France, Iberia, Italy, Bohemia and Germany. Lea describes how the Inquisition met with resistance in Paris and Italy, how it was absent from Portugal, and how it persecuted the Hussites.
Volume 2 of this edited manuscript collection was published in Paris in 1871. It includes an introduction by Emile Mabille, archivist at the Bibliotheque National. The introduction and notes offer commentary on the texts, and alert the reader to similar sources.
Published in Paris in 1856, this book is a printed collection of medieval manuscripts relating to the County of Anjou under the Angevin dynasty. Most importantly, it includes the only printed edition of the Gesta Consulum Andegavorum commissioned by Count Fulk Nerra, the founder of the Angevin dynasty.
Adolphus Ballard (1867-1915) was a historian specialising in the history of the borough. In this volume, first published in 1913, Ballard analyses a collection of early medieval documents to discuss the development of the borough. The book also includes Latin texts and English translations of these documents.
Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821-1891) was a celebrated German medieval historian. His monumental study of medieval Rome, first published in 1872 and translated into English between 1894 and 1902, was the first modern account of the medieval history of the city. Volume 1 covers the period 400-568.
In this 1955 expansion of his 1948 Birkbeck Lectures, Pantin examines the English church in the fourteenth century, from social, political and intellectual standpoints. The period saw growing centralization in church and state administration, the rise of university education, the Black Death and the spread of heresies such as Lollardy.
This 1909 work provides examples of over 80 English ministerial or judicial documents, arranged by type, which modern readers might come across in historical research. Mr Hall explains the provenance and function of the different records, and when certain types were issued, to provide a guide to dating.
This 1908 work provides examples of over 200 English official documents, arranged by type, which modern readers might come across in historical research. Mr Hall explains the provenance and function of the different records, and when certain types were issued, to provide a guide to dating.
The Charters of Grenoble Cathedral are also known as the Charters of St Hugues, who was bishop of the see from 1080 to 1132. In this 1869 work, Marion gives a thorough introduction to the history of the cathedral and to the information contained in the charters.
First published in 1887, Douais' scholarly edition of the cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Sernin brings together charters and other documents written between 844 and 1200. These original documents provide valuable information relating to the history of the abbey, making this volume a work of reference for medieval historians.
First published in 1879, Desjardin's edition of the cartulary of the Abbey of Conques brings together 548 charters and other documents written between 801 and 1180. These original documents provide valuable information relating to the history of the abbey, making this volume an essential reference for medieval historians.
The Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Noyers (1872) collects 661 charters attesting to the privileges and possessions of this important Benedictine monastery. Ranging in date from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries, the charters provide a wealth of information concerning the abbey's political, economic and cultural history.
This three-volume work of Byzantine history by the ex-Emperor John VI Cantacuzene (c. 1292-1383) was edited by Ludwig Schopen (1799-1867) and published between 1828 and 1832. It covers 1321-57; Schopen's edition includes a Latin translation and the life of John by the Jesuit scholar, Pontanus (1542-1626).
Published in 1856-7, this three-volume collection of Latin and Greek primary sources focuses on political and economic relations between Venice and Constantinople from the early ninth century to 1299. Volume 3 covers 1256-99, ending with the peace between Genoa and Venice, and contains the important 1255 maritime regulations.
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