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A SOURCE BOOK OF MEDIÆVAL HISTORY DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF EUROPEAN LIFE AND INSTITUTIONS FROM THE GERMAN INVASIONS TO THE RENAISSANCE
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE NATURE AND USE OF HISTORICAL SOURCES
CONTENTS
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)
INDEX
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