Medieval England 1000-1500 : a reader / edited by Emilie Amt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amt, Emilie, 1960-

Series:

Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 6.

Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

History.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Sources.

Great Britain.

England--Civilization--1066-1485--Sources.

England.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xi, 501 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park : Broadview Press, [2001]

Contents:

Medieval English Money xi

I. The Eleventh Century

1. AElfric's Colloquy 3

2. The Rights of Various Persons 11

3. Anglo-Saxon Wills 15

4. Laws of Cnut 20

5. Cnut's Letter to the English People 28

6. Praise of Queen Emma 31

7. The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster 41

8. Wulfstan's Laws for Northumbrian Priests 51

9. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on the Norman Conquest 55

10. The Text of the Bayeux Tapestry 67

11. Domesday Book 74

12. Lanfranc's Constitutions 78

13. Orderic Vitalis's Account of His Life 90

II. The Twelfth Century

14. Henry I's Coronation Charter 95

15. Eadmer's Account of Queen Edith-Matilda 97

16. William of Malmesbury's History of Recent Events 102

17. Foundation Documents of Godstow Abbey 111

18. Gerald of Wales's Description of Henry II 116

19. The Constitutions of Clarendon 120

20. The Murder and Miracles of Thomas Becket 123

21. Assizes of Henry II 134

22. Glanvill's Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England 140

23. Jocelin of Brakelond's Account of Henry of Essex 149

24. Borough Charters 151

25. William fitzStephen's Description of London 156

26. The Life of St. William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth 163

27. The Life of St. Godric of Finchale by Reginald of Durham 172

28. The Burning and Repair of the Church of Canterbury, by Gervase of Canterbury 177

29. John of Salisbury's Policraticus 185

30. The History of William Marshal 190

31. Richard of Devizes' Chronicle of the Third Crusade 198

32. A Song of Richard I 203

III. The Thirteenth Century

33. Letters of Innocent III and King John 207

34. Roger of Wendover's Account of the Rebellion against King John 210

35. Magna Carta 214

36. Letters of Queen Isabella of Angouleme 223

37. Bracton's Notebook 226

38. Persecutions of Jews 231

39. Deeds of the Abbots of St. Albans, by Matthew Paris 235

40. The Ancrene Wisse 241

41. The Coming of the Friars Minor to England, by Thomas of Eccleston 250

42. The Song of Lewes 253

43. Summonses to Parliament 261

44. Confirmation of Charters, 1297 263

45. London Coroners' Rolls 266

46. Hundred Rolls 274

47. Merton College Statutes 276

48. The Sphere of Sacrobosco 279

49. Roger Bacon's Third Opus 285

IV. The Fourteenth Century

50. Correspondence of the Queen with London 293

51. The Manner of Holding Parliament 294

52. Chronicle Account of the Great Famine 306

53. The Royal Response to the Famine 307

54. Manor Court Rolls 308

55. London Craft Guild Ordinances 312

56. Urban Environmental Problems and Regulations 322

57. Jean Froissart's Chronicle: On the Battle of Crecy 328

58. The Black Prince's Letter Announcing Victory at Poitiers 333

59. Accounts of the Black Death and Its Effects 336

60. Wage and Price Regulations 342

61. Medical Documents 348

62. Chronicle Accounts of the Peasants' Revolt 350

63. Peasants' Revolt Trials 354

64. Royal Proclamations on the Peasants' Revolt 356

65. Ordinances of the Guild of St. Katharine at Norwich 358

66. A Preacher's Handbook 360

67. Robert Manning of Brunne's Handlyng Synne 366

68. The Lollard Conclusions 369

69. The Deposition of Richard II 374

V. The Fifteenth Century

70. Chronicle of the Reign of Henry V 383

71. The Agincourt Carol 392

72. Libel of English Policy 393

73. Order of the Pageants of the York Corpus Christi Play 398

74. Gynecological Treatise 402

75. Poems about Raising Children 410

76. Apprenticeship Documents 420

77. The Book of Margery Kempe 421

78. Monastic Visitations 429

79. Parliamentary Debates 436

80. A London Chronicle on the Wars of the Roses 438

81. Fortescue: In Praise of the Laws of England 447

82. The Plumpton Letters 450

83. The Cely Letters 465

84. Polydore Vergil's Account of Henry VII 478

85. An Italian Relation of England 487.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1551112442 :

OCLC:

44620758