Internet History Sourcebooks Project:
Honor Roll The Internet History Sourcebooks Project comprises the three
main chronologically ordered websites - on Ancient, Medieval and Modern History - and, in
addition, a number of subsidiary themed pages. The Project seeks
present original source texts in a context that lends itself to educational use. As a
result, it has become one of t the most widely used historical text resource on the
Internet - the Medieval Sourcebook alone is used as an online
textbook in over seventy college courses. A number of people have contributed to this project, and they are list below.
Contributing Editors are those people who who have sought out,
selected, and transferred to etext a variety of sources, and have made important
suggestions towards the development of the Project.
Contributors have donated individual texts or translations in a
specific area.
Jerome S. Arkenberg, Cal. State Fullerton, [varromurena@yahoo.com]
Scanning and input of hundreds of texts in the Medieval, as well the Modern and Ancient
History Sourcebooks.
The Cathedral Chapter of Chartres: The Riot of 1210,
trans. Richard Barton
The circumstances of the Chartres Riot of 1210 described from the viewpoint of the
Cathedral chapter. It provides clear insight into urban social tensions, and also sheds
light on elements of liturgical procedure (particularly the liturgy of excommunication),
on the cult of the Virgin, and on the increasing competency of the French crown in
judicial matters.
The Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury,
1315-1330
Texts from the Register of Roger Martivall, Bishop of Salisbury. The last one, in
particular, is of interest, as it is concerned with criminous clerks and clerical status.
Duel between Engelardus and the monks of Saint-Serge of Angers, c.1100
Abbots Daibert and Otbrannus prevent a battle between their monks, 27 and 28
April, 1064
Trouble between St Martin of Tours and Holy Cross of Talmont leads to a judicial
battle, 1098
Abbot Robert of Mont-Saint-Michel seeks the right to determine where duels are
held.
Gesta Arnaldi: The Deeds of
Bishop Arnald of Le Mans and the Le Mans Commune, 1065-1081,
From a compilation known as the Acts of the Bishops Living in the City of Le
Mans, from a period when Maine was the object of a lengthy power struggle between
Normandy and Anjou.The text also also provides the most detailed evidence for one of the
earliest French communes - that of Le Mans in 1070.
The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints. Compiled by
Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, 1275. First Edition Published 1470. Englished by
William Caxton, First Edition 1483, Edited by F.S. Ellis, Temple Classics, 1900 (Reprinted
1922, 1931.)
Judah Ha-Levi (ca 1075-1141): The Kuzari, also known as The Book of Argument and Proof in Defense of the Despised Faith (Kitab al
Khazari).
The entire first book of the Kuzari, a philosophical treatise written by the
Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet, Judah Ha-Levi. It is written in the form of a
dialogue, purportedly between the king of the Khazars and the representatives of various
belief systems, culminating with a rabbi.
Ordinance of the Jews of the Crown of
Aragon, 1354 CE
This ordinance or takkanah was the product of an increased sense of Jewish
vulnerability in the years after the Black Death (1348).
Synod of Castilian Jews, 1432
Ordinances from assembly of the Jews of the kingdom of Castile at Valladolid in
1432.
St Augustine: On Marriage and Concupiscence,
excerpts.
A crucial text for understanding why marriage was such a problem for medieval canonists
and theologians.
St Jerome (c. 320-420): On Marriage and Virginity,
From Letter XXII to Eustochium and from the treatise Against Jovinian
St Jerome (c. 320-420): On The Song of Songs,
From the treatise Against Jovinian
Gervase of Canterbury, d. 1205: Thomas Becket's Life,
from History of the Archbishops of Canterbury
A precis of Thomas' career taken from Gervase's History of the Archbishops of
Canterbury
Gervase of Canterbury, d. 1205: Thomas Becket's Death
Description of the martyrdom from the same work.
William of Newburgh: Becket and Henry,
selections from Book II of his History, c. 1200
Three chapters concerning Becket's career, the murder, and Henry II's penance at the tomb
in 1174.
Oldradus de Ponte: No. 35 (Questio), early 14th
century.
The issue here is the validity of a marriage contract made under duress. A woman
was kidnapped, held captive and raped over a period of twelve days. During that time, the
villain compelled the woman to pronounce the words of a marriage ceremony, after which he
endeavored to consummate the marriage.
Oldradus de Ponte: No. 92 (Questio), early 14th
century.
The here was the responsibility of a knight who had been entrusted with a castle
while a war was going on. That knight gave custody of the castle to someone else who then
lost it to the enemy. Was the original knight liable for the castle's loss? What is the
responsibility of someone who undertakes to keep something safe for someone else?
Guillame de Tyr (William of Tyre) (c.1130- 1190): Historia rerum in partibus
transmarinis gestarum [History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea], full text of Old French
version (13th century)
Books 1-9 the Old French translation from the
edition of Paulin
