Resource Room
Online
- Genealogy of Edward IV
- This is a wonderfully illuminated scroll, accompanied by an excellent commentary. The interface is a bit odd and you have to move through the top and bottom frames manually. Click on the "The Roll Online" link.
- The Treaty of Calais
- Well, the box it came in, anyway. A brief explanation accompanies the picture.
- Judicial Duels
- Three of them. They're 11th century, but it might be a good exercise for the students to re-state the cases in their own words.
- On the recovery of runaway serfs
- A 13th century text that not only details the conditions for how to decide a case, but also shows that even under Frederick II the emperors were having trouble enforcing their will.
- The Golden Bull of the German Empire
- Some of the provisions here are quite interesting.
- Statutes of the Commune of Bugelle (Biella)
- This is a very long document in Latin with English translations. There is also a part two, equally long. Also includes scholarly editorial comments at the beginning.
- Indenture of Lease
- A Paston family document. Reading the Middle English could be tough, but it does show how land got parcelled out.
- Tally Sticks
- These are from the 13th century, but they were still quite commonly used in our period, as well.
- The Exchequer
- Counting tables like this one were used all over Europe.
- Petition of John Loveyn of Normandy
- An example of 15th century English. Can you read it? What's the petition about? Notice that this is 1438 and that such petitions are being written not in Latin or in French, but in English.
- A Petition of Commons
- Once again in 15th century English, so the language will be tough sledding. A good example, though, of the sort of petitions that were placed by Parliament before the King.
- Summons to Arms, 1436
- Again in Middle English. Note how vague are the specifications in terms of men and equipment.
- Statute of Laborers, 1351
- Ordinance of Laborers, 1349
- An attempt at wage control.
- Orders for the English fleet, 1326
- Second Battle of St Albans
- Queen Margaret invades via Scotland, 1463
- Battle of Barnet
- Battle of Tewkesbury
- Licet Juris, 1338
- An Imperial reply to the claims of Pope Boniface VIII
- The Golden Bull, 1356
- Calendar of Usages and Customs of Ipswich
- The By-laws of Lynn
- Rental of community property in 14th century Lynn
- Philip van Artevelde
- Account by Jean Froissart
- Defensor Pacis
- by Marsilius of Padua, 1324. A strong statement of the complete independence of secular authority.
- Founding a University
- Foundation document for the University of Heidelberg, 1386
- List of craft guilds in Florence
- Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, 1492
- A Spanish Nobleman
- The Jacquerie
- Froissart
- Wat Tyler and King Richard
- The Treaty of Troyes, 1420
- Exerpts
- Louis XI of France
- A famous description, by Philippe de Commynes
- Unam Sanctam, 1302
- The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, 1438
- Petrarch, criticizing the papacy at Avignon
- Condemnation of Wycliffe, and his reply
- Art History Links
- Very long and maybe even overwhelming, but well laid out and easy to browse, this is the best link list for Renaissance art out there right now.
Revolts and Rebellions
- Anonimalle
Chronicle: English Peasants' Revolt 1381
Government and Political Theory
- The
Chronicles of Venice: How the Doges Were Chosen
- Regulations
of the Commune of Biella
- Medieval
Sourcebook: The Golden Bull of Charles IV 1356
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Medieval Sourcebook:
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527):
Republics and Monarchies, Excerpt from Discourses I, 55
- The
Prince, Machiavelli
- Medieval
Sourcebook: Lorenzo De Medici: Paternal Advice To A Cardinal (c.
1491)
Economy
- Medieval
Prices
- The
Value of Foreign Coin in England, 1266
Explorations
- Modern
History Sourcebook: Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India,
1497-1498 CE
- Christopher
Columbus: Extracts from Journal
Humanism
- Petrarch:
The Ascent of Mount Ventoux
- Medieval
Sourcebook:
Petrus Paulus Vergerius: The New Education (c. 1400)
Society and Demographic Crisis
- Medieval
Sourcebook: Famine of 1315
- An
account of the Black Death, by Boccaccio
War
- Levy of troops for the wars in Bohemia, 1422
- Orders for the English fleet, 1326
- Froissart on the battles of Crécy and Poitiers
- Medieval Sourcebook: Sir Jean Froissart: John of Gaunt in Portugal, 1385
- Sir Jean Froissart: How Philip van Artevelde was Made Governor of Ghent, 1386
- Towns and Defence in Later Medieval Germany, by David Eltis. Nottingham Medieval Studies v.33 (1989)
- The Myths of Medieval Warfare, by Sean McGlynn. from History Today v.44 (1994)
Religion
- The Great Schism: Manifesto of the Revolting Cardinals, Aug 5, 1378
- Medieval Sourcebook: Council of Constance: Sacrosancta, 1415
- Medieval Sourcebook: Council of Constance: Frequens, 1417
- Commynes on King Louis XI
- Joan of Arc's letter to the King of England, 1429
- The Trial of Joan of Arc, 1431
- Johan Nider on Joan of Arc
- Catherine of Siena, Dialog of the Seraphic Virgin
Society
- Christine of Pisa, The Book of the City of Ladies, "Was there ever a woman who discovered hitherto unknown knowledge?"
- Christine of Pisa, The Book of the City of Ladies, "How young women ought to conduct themselves towards their elders."
- Christine of Pisa, The Book of the City of Ladies, "How ladies and young women who live on their manors ought to manage their households and estates.
- Christine of Pisa, The Book of the City of Ladies, "Of the wives of artisans and how they ought to conduct themselves.