Readings in Medieval History, Fifth Edition
5th Edition
Published on 2. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
736 pages
978-1-4426-3439-8 (ISBN)
Description
Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the Western medieval world is well-known for offering an excellent selection of substantial excerpts-or entire documents wherever possible-from the most widely studied historical texts.
This much-anticipated fifth edition features a larger format, as well as enlarged type, to make the collection more reader-friendly. Study questions have been added at the end of each section to help students focus on key points in the text. New documents on the Black Death, William of Rubruck, and Marco Polo are included, as well as a new selection from St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries and a new translation of Einhard's The Life of Charlemagne. Two color photo sections have been added, introducing students to fascinating medieval art such as a fifth-century ivory from Constantinople, the two earliest images of Joan of Arc, the Sachsenspiegel, and a shirt that belonged to Queen Bathild.
This much-anticipated fifth edition features a larger format, as well as enlarged type, to make the collection more reader-friendly. Study questions have been added at the end of each section to help students focus on key points in the text. New documents on the Black Death, William of Rubruck, and Marco Polo are included, as well as a new selection from St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries and a new translation of Einhard's The Life of Charlemagne. Two color photo sections have been added, introducing students to fascinating medieval art such as a fifth-century ivory from Constantinople, the two earliest images of Joan of Arc, the Sachsenspiegel, and a shirt that belonged to Queen Bathild.
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5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
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Height: 251 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
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1157 gr
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978-1-4426-3439-8 (9781442634398)
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Patrick J. Geary, Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, is the author and editor of numerous books on medieval history.
Content
Color Plates
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. Hildebrandslied
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 The Ten Books of Histories
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
The Treaty between Alfred and Guthrum (886-890)
Letter to King Edward the Elder
Asser's Life of King Alfred
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
17. Theodore Penitential
The Carolingians
18. Einhard The Life of Charlemagne
19. Selected Capitularies
20. Dhuoda's Handbook for her Son (Liber Manualis)
Monasticism
21. Cluniac Charters
The Foundation Charter of Cluny
Charters of the Grossi Family
22. Miracles of Saint Foy
23. Anselm Proslogion
24. Bernard of Clairvaux Sermons on the Song of Songs
25. Guibert of Nogent Memoirs
Lords and Vassals
26. Fulbert of Chartres Letter to William of Aquitaine
27. Hugh of Lusignan Agreement between Lord and Vassal
28. Galbert of Bruges the Murder of Charles the Good
The First Crusade
29. Four Accounts
Fulcher of Chartres
Solomon Bar Simson
Ibn Al-Athir
Anna Comnena
The Fourth Lateran Council
30. Canons of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
The Mendicants
31. The Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi
32. Clare of Assisi Testament
33. Canonization Process of St. Dominic
34. Thomas of Cantimpre Defense of the Mendicants
35. St. Thomas Aquinas On the Proofs of God's Existence
Church and Society in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
36. Jacques Fournier Inquisition Records
37. Marsilius of Padua Discourses
38. The Book of Margery Kempe
39. The Black Death
Gabriele de' Mussis
Ralph of Shrewsbury
Flores Temporum
Ordinance of Laborers
The Empire
40. Liudprand of Cremona A Chronicle of Otto's Reign
41. Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV the Investiture Controversy
42. The Concordat of Worms
43. Otto of Freising The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa
44. The Saxon Mirror (Sachsenspiegel)
45. Emperor Charles IV Autobiography
Poland
46. The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles
47. The Chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg
France
48. Joinville Life of St. Louis
49. Enquets of King Louis IX
50. Jean Froissart Chronicles
51. The Trial of Joan of Arc
England
52. Domesday Book
53. Richard fitz Nigel Dialogue of the Exchequer
54. Accounts of the Exchequer: An Example
55. Magna Carta
TheArticles of the Barons, June 15, 1215
Magna Carta, 1215
Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta null and void, August 24, 1215
Magna Carta, 1216
56. Royal Courts of England: The Huntingdonshire Eyre of 1286
57. A Medieval English Village: Plans of Wharram Percy
The Iberian Peninsula
58. Fuero de Cuenca
59. Las Siete Partidas
Italy
60. Giovanni Scriba Notary Book
61. Dialogues of Catherine of Siena
62. Florence: Catasto of 1427
63. Gregorio Dati Diary
Western Europe and the Mongols
64. The Journey of William of Rubruck
65. The Travels of Marco Polo
Glossary
Sources
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. Hildebrandslied
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 The Ten Books of Histories
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
The Treaty between Alfred and Guthrum (886-890)
Letter to King Edward the Elder
Asser's Life of King Alfred
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
17. Theodore Penitential
The Carolingians
18. Einhard The Life of Charlemagne
19. Selected Capitularies
20. Dhuoda's Handbook for her Son (Liber Manualis)
Monasticism
21. Cluniac Charters
The Foundation Charter of Cluny
Charters of the Grossi Family
22. Miracles of Saint Foy
23. Anselm Proslogion
24. Bernard of Clairvaux Sermons on the Song of Songs
25. Guibert of Nogent Memoirs
Lords and Vassals
26. Fulbert of Chartres Letter to William of Aquitaine
27. Hugh of Lusignan Agreement between Lord and Vassal
28. Galbert of Bruges the Murder of Charles the Good
The First Crusade
29. Four Accounts
Fulcher of Chartres
Solomon Bar Simson
Ibn Al-Athir
Anna Comnena
The Fourth Lateran Council
30. Canons of the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
The Mendicants
31. The Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi
32. Clare of Assisi Testament
33. Canonization Process of St. Dominic
34. Thomas of Cantimpre Defense of the Mendicants
35. St. Thomas Aquinas On the Proofs of God's Existence
Church and Society in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
36. Jacques Fournier Inquisition Records
37. Marsilius of Padua Discourses
38. The Book of Margery Kempe
39. The Black Death
Gabriele de' Mussis
Ralph of Shrewsbury
Flores Temporum
Ordinance of Laborers
The Empire
40. Liudprand of Cremona A Chronicle of Otto's Reign
41. Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV the Investiture Controversy
42. The Concordat of Worms
43. Otto of Freising The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa
44. The Saxon Mirror (Sachsenspiegel)
45. Emperor Charles IV Autobiography
Poland
46. The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles
47. The Chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg
France
48. Joinville Life of St. Louis
49. Enquets of King Louis IX
50. Jean Froissart Chronicles
51. The Trial of Joan of Arc
England
52. Domesday Book
53. Richard fitz Nigel Dialogue of the Exchequer
54. Accounts of the Exchequer: An Example
55. Magna Carta
TheArticles of the Barons, June 15, 1215
Magna Carta, 1215
Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta null and void, August 24, 1215
Magna Carta, 1216
56. Royal Courts of England: The Huntingdonshire Eyre of 1286
57. A Medieval English Village: Plans of Wharram Percy
The Iberian Peninsula
58. Fuero de Cuenca
59. Las Siete Partidas
Italy
60. Giovanni Scriba Notary Book
61. Dialogues of Catherine of Siena
62. Florence: Catasto of 1427
63. Gregorio Dati Diary
Western Europe and the Mongols
64. The Journey of William of Rubruck
65. The Travels of Marco Polo
Glossary
Sources