Medieval Worlds: Sourcebook, A

Description:
Medieval Worlds is a comprehensive sourcebook for the study of western Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. The era was one of immense diversity and openness to new ideas and outreach in areas ranging from technology to natural philosophy. The texts collected in this volume cover a wide range of documentation, including chronicles, legal and official state and church documents, biographies, poems and letters. Covering the whole of Europe, the range of texts offered illustrates the complexity as well as the unity of the medieval world. Subjects range from the diverse worlds of monasteries, the papacy, the crusades, women, to the roles of the town and the countryside. Complete with introductions and full commentary, a glossary and guide to further reading, Medieval Worlds is an essential source for all students of medieval history.

Table of Contents:
Introduction to medieval worlds 1.1 William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman 1.2 St Augustine, The City of God 1.3 Boniface VIII proclaims the first Jubilee: 20 February 1300 1.4 Aelfric: Those who pray, work and fight 1.5 From Justin Martyr, Apologia, I 1.6 Diaz de Gamez, The Unconquered Knight 1.7 The Song of Roland 1.8 Sir Thomas Mallory, Le Morte D'Arthur 1.9 M. R. Ridley, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1.10 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 1.11 Eusebius: The Christian Empire (AD336) The monastic world 2.1 The Rule of Colmcille: a ninth-century Irish rule for Hermits 2.2 The Rule of the Master 2.3 J. McCann, The Rule of St Benedict 2.4 Gregory the Great, Second Dialogue 2.5 The Election of Abbot Samson 2.6 The Rule of St Augustine 2.7 John of Salerno, St Odo of Cluny 2.8 Bernard of Clairvaux, An Apologia for Abbot William 2.9 Guigo de Ponte, On Contemplation 2.10 The Early Dominicans 2.11 St Bonaventure, from The Twenty-five Injunctions 2.12 St Francis of Assisi, The Canticle of Brother Sun 2.13 The Rule of St Francis (1223) The world of the papacy 3.1 The Donation of Constantine (c. 750) 3.2 Letter to Emperor Anastasius I from Pope Gelasius I, on the proper relationship between imperial and priestly powers 3.3 Petrine Primacy 3.4 Leo the Great (440-461) on Petrine theory 3.5 The Letter of Henry IV to Gregory VII (24 January 1076) 3.6 Gregory VII's first excommunication and deposition of Henry IV (22 February 1076) 3.7 Gregory VII reports Henry IV's penance at Canossa (1077) 3.8 The Dictatus Papae 3.9 The Pope's Body 3.10 Edward Grim, Vita S. Thomae Cantuariensis Archepiscopi et Martyris 3.11 St Bernard to Eugenius III: Letter 205 3.12 King John renders homage and fealty to Innocent III (1214) 3.13 Lateran IV (1215) 3.14 On the abuse and the validation of relics (Canon 62) 3.15 Unam Sanctum 3.16 The Council of Constance (1414-1417) 3.17 Marsilius of Padua 3.18 Catherine of Siena to Gregory XI outlining her policy for the return of the papacy to Rome The world of the crusades 4.1 The Truce of God (1042) 4.2 Urban II's sermon 4.3 The capture of Jerusalem, by an unknown soldier in the army of the Norman, Bohemond of Taranto 4.4 Guibert, Abbot of Nogent (1053-1124) 4.5 Geoffroy de Villehardouin: The Conquest of Constantinople 4.6 An account of the sack and the desecration of Hagia Sophia, 1204 4.7 Letter of Frederick II to Henry II of England (1279) 4.8 Letter from Gerold, Patriarch of Jerusalem, to All the Faithful (1229) 4.9 Preparations for a crusade (1244-1248) 4.10 An appreciation of the Frankish character: Usmah ibn Munqidh, The Book of Reflections 4.11 The Rule of the Order of the Knights Templar 4.12 Helmond of Bosnan, Chronica Slavorum The world of the feudal kingdom 5.1 The Roman Co