I. Texts translated from the Latin by Richard Barton and mounted on this server
Caveat Lector: These are almost all "quickie" translations made for teaching purposes between 1997 and 2000. I am aware that placenames are often untranslated (someday ....). More to the point, if you encounter infelicities or (proh dolor!) errors in translation, please inform me (email me).
1. The Deeds of Bishop Joseph of Le Mans, c.784-793 (click here)
2. The Lothar-Theutberga Dossier: Carolingian (and other) texts on Marriage and Divorce (click here)
2. Land Tenure and Family Conflict: the Honor of Vendôme, c. 1006-1040 (click here)
3. The Deeds of Bishop Gervais of Le Mans, c.1036-1055 (click here)
4. Disputing and Dispute-Resolution in Monastic Charters from the Vendomois, c.1040-1188 (click here)
5. A Young Nobleman Gives Up the Secular Life to Become a Monk, 1055 (click here)
6. The Deeds of Bishop Vulgrin of Le Mans, 1056-1065 (click here)
7. The Deeds of Bishop Arnald of Le Mans and the Le Mans Commune, 1065-1081 (click here)
8. Piety, Lordship and Miscarriage in the Touraine, c. 1080 (click here)
9. A Dispute Over Bréal-sous-Vitré, 1082-1092 (click here)
10. An Angevin Knight Prepares to Go on Crusade, c. 1096 (click here)
11. Murder, Mayhem, and Serfdom: the Case of Abbot Rannulf v. Raherius of Sarcé, c.1080-1100 (click here)
12. Pillage, Murder, and Redemption: the Case of Acharias of Marmande (click here)
13. Charters Concerning Judicial Duels of the 11th and 12th Centuries (click here)
14. An Ordeal by Hot Iron, late 11th Century (click here)
15. A Marriage Contract from Maine, c. 1100 (click here)
16. Problems With a Dowry: Fulk of Matefelon v. Agnes, c.1113-1133 (click here)
17. Juhel, Lord of Mayenne, Founds a Monastery and Settles a Dispute, c.1120-1128 (click here)
18. Royal Texts Concerning Peasant Servitude in the Region Around Paris, 1108-1140 (click here)
19. King Louis VII Sells Financial Privileges to the Burghers of Tours, 1143 (click here)
20. The Bull Laudabiliter: Adrian IV Approves the Invasion of Ireland by Henry II, 1155-1156 (click here)
21. King Henry II Confirms Two Marriage Contracts, c.1170 (click here)
22. King Henry II Resolves an Ecclesiastical Dispute Involving Excommunication, 1154-1189 (click here)
23. King Philip Augustus Suppresses the Étampes Commune, 1199-1200 (click here)
24. King Philip Augustus Attempts to Win the Support of the Nobles of Western France, 1199-1213 (click here)
25. The Chartres Riot of 1210 (click here)
26. Philip Augustus Looks for a New Wife, November 1210 (click here)
27. Philip II deals with a Recalcitrant Vassal, 1213 (click here)
28. Philip II Orders the City Government to Swear to Safeguard the Church of Saint-Quentin, 1213 (click here)
29. Philip II Concedes a Fair and Other Rights to the Burghers of Poitiers, 1214 (click here)
30. Three Disputes Involving the Cathedral Chapter of Chartres, 1215-1224 (click here)
31. King Henry III and the construction of a new cathedral in Salisbury, 1227 (click here)
32. The Beauvais Dossier: Urban Unrest in a Northern French Town, 1233 (click here)
33. Documents of Feud and Peace, 1155-1242 (click here)
34. Texts Illustrating Capetian Justice, c.1132-1263 (click here)
35. St. Louis Rules on the Ability of Women to Plead in the Royal Court, 1263 (click here)
36. The Trial of Marguerite Porete, 1310 (click
here)
Used in History 310
37. Clerical Privilege and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction: Material from
the Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury,
1315-1330 (click here)
II. Other translations mounted on this server
1. Aristotle and Galen on the Nature, Biology and Social Position of
Women (click here)
Used in History 310
2. Biblical and Early Christian Authorities on Women (click
here)
Used in History 310
3. The World of the Church Fathers: Christian Thought in the 4th and
5th Centuries (click here)
Used in History 221 (taken from the On-Line Medieval Sourcebook
- click
here)
4. Gregory of Tours: On Frankish Queens (click
here)
Used in History 221 and History 310.
5. The Lothar-Theutberga Dossier: Carolingian (and other) texts on Marriage and Divorce (click here)
5. Noblewomen of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Mabel of Bellême,
Bertrade of Montfort, and Others (click here)
Used in History 310
6. the Assize of Clarendon, 1166: Administrative Kingship in England
(click here)
Used in History 221
[taken from the On-Line Medieval Sourcebook - click
here]
7. Church Reform: Clerical Marriage and Misogynist Propaganda (click
here)
Used in History 310
8. The Cult of the Virgin (click here)
Used in History 310
9. Women and Popular Religious Movements (click
here)
Used in History 310
10. Peasant Life in Feudal Society, 11th-13th Centuries (click
here)
Used in History 221
11. Thirteenth-Century Theologians on Women (click
here)
Used in History 310
12. The Development of Parliament in England, 1295-1401 (click
here)
Used in History 221
13. A Letter of Catherine of Siena, c. 1373 (click
here)
Used in History 310
14. The Life and Trial of Joan of Arc, 1429-1431 (click
here)
Used in History 310
III. Links to translations found elsewhere on the world-wide web
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, operated by Paul Halsall (click
here)
This is truly IMMENSE and very impressive. Highly Recommended
Eurodocs (click here)
Good, but often merely provides links to texts found on the Internet Medieval
Sourcebook (click here)
ORB (Online Resource Book for Medieval Studies) (click
here)
A diverse, multi-disciplinary site. Contains a few primary texts not mounted
elsewhere.
On-Line Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) (click here)
The Labyrinth (click here)
Netserf (click here)
WWW Virtual Library History Index (click here)
Thomas Head's Anthology of Medieval Saints page (click
here)
Great selection of translated sections of saints' lives.
Medieval English Towns (click
here)
Much information, including some interesting primary sources
Tales From Froissart [a 14th Century Chronicler], edited by Steve Muhlberger (click here)
Middle English Texts, edited by TEAMS (click here)
Dave Postle's English Local History pages
Medieval English Boroughs (click
here)
Manorial Surveys (from the 12th and 13th centuries) (click
here)
Manorial Courts (click
here)
Medieval Women Writers of the Middle Ages (click
here)
A mix of primary and secondary materials