Readings in medieval history
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Readings in medieval history
Broadview Press, c1997,1998
2nd ed
- v. 1
- v. 2
Available at 2 libraries
Note
v. 1. the early middle ages
Contents of Works
- Vol. 2 : The later middle ages
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.)
As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities.
The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims, and Heretics. The format of Readings in Medieval History has also been altered to make it more user-friendly. Volume I: The Early Middle Ages includes documents written up to the early 12th century; Volume II: The Later Middle Ages includes documents from the late 11th century on.
Table of Contents
Preface
Late Antiquity
1. Theodosian Code
2. Augustine of Hippo On Christian Doctrine City of God
3. St. Perpetua The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas
The Barbarian World
4. Tacitus Germania
5. Jordanes History of the Goths
6. Hildebrandlied
The Early Franks
7. The Tomb of Childeric, Father of Clovis
8. Salic Law
9. Bishops Remigius of Reims and Avitus of Vienne Letters to Clovis
10. Gregory of Tours History of the Franks
11. Life of Saint Balthild
Early Italy
12. Saint Benedict Rule for Monasteries
13. Gregory the Great Dialogues
Anglo-Saxon England
14. Laws of Ethelbert
15. Bede History of the English Church and People
16. King Alfred Dooms
Letter to Edward the Elder
Asser's Life
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
17. Theodore Penitential
The Carolingians
18. Einhard Life of Charles the Great
19. Selected Capitularies
20. Liudbrand of Cremona A Chronicle of Otto's Reign
Monasticism
21. Cluniac Charters: The Foundation Charter of Cluny
Charters of the Grossi Family
22. Miracles of Saint Foy
Lords and Vassals
23. Fulbert of Chartres Letter to William of Aquitaine
24. Hugh of Lusignan Agreement between Lord and Vassal
Sources
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