Medieval England, 1000-1500 : A Reader

by Amt, Emilie

• ISBN13: 9781551112442
• ISBN10: 1551112442
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Utp Distribution

Summary

This anthology brings together medieval documents and narratives illustrative of the political, social, economic, and cultural history of England during the Middle Ages. Authors and subjects included are both secular and clerical, male and female, mighty and low. Along with classic texts, such as the Domesday Book and Magna Carta, the collection also contains materials on less frequently addressed topics, such as the persecution of Jews, and the writings of a number of women, such as Margery of Kempe and Queen Isabella of Angoulme.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Medieval English Money	xi
I. The Eleventh Century
Aelfric's Colloquy	3	(8)
The Rights of Various Persons	11	(4)
Anglo-Saxon Wills	15	(5)
Laws of Cnut	20	(8)
Cnut's Letter to the English People	28	(3)
Praise of Queen Emma	31	(10)
The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster	41	(10)
Wulfstan's Laws for Northumbrian Priests	51	(4)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on the Norman Conquest	55	(12)
The Text of the Bayeux Tapestry	67	(7)
Domesday Book	74	(4)
Lanfranc's Constitutions	78	(12)
Orderic Vitalis's Account of His Life	90	(5)
II. The Twelfth Century
Henry I's Coronation Charter	95	(2)
Eadmer's Account of Queen Edith-Matilda	97	(5)
William of Malmesbury's History of Recent Events	102	(9)
Foundation Documents of Godstow Abbey	111	(5)
Gerald of Wales's Description of Henry II	116	(4)
The Constitutions of Clarendon	120	(3)
The Murder and Miracles of Thomas Becket	123	(11)
Assizes of Henry II	134	(6)
Glanvill's Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England	140	(9)
Jocelin of Brakelond's Account of Henry of Essex	149	(2)
Borough Charters	151	(5)
William fitzStephen's Description of London	156	(7)
The Life of St. William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth	163	(9)
The Life of St. Godric of Finchale by Reginald of Durham	172	(5)
The Burning and Repair of the Church of Canterbury, by Gervase of Canterbury	177	(8)
John of Salisbury's Policraticus	185	(5)
The History of William Marshal	190	(8)
Richard of Devizes' Chronicle of the Third Crusade	198	(5)
A Song of Richard I	203	(4)
III. The Thirteenth Century
Letters of Innocent III and King John	207	(3)
Roger of Wendover's Account of the Rebellion against King John	210	(4)
Magna Carta	214	(9)
Letters of Queen Isabella of Angouleme	223	(3)
Bracton's Notebook	226	(5)
Persecutions of Jews	231	(4)
Deeds of the Abbots of St. Albans	235	(6)
Matthew Paris
The Ancrene Wisse	241	(9)
The Coming of the Friars Minor to England	250	(3)
Thomas of Eccleston
The Song of Lewes	253	(8)
Summonses to Parliament	261	(2)
Confirmation of Charters, 1297	263	(3)
London Coroners' Rolls	266	(8)
Hundred Rolls	274	(2)
Merton College Statutes	276	(3)
The Sphere of Sacrobosco	279	(6)
Roger Bacon's Third Opus	285	(8)
IV. The Fourteenth Century
Correspondence of the Queen with London	293	(1)
The Manner of Holding Parliament	294	(12)
Chronicle Account of the Great Famine	306	(1)
The Royal Response to the Famine	307	(1)
Manor Court Rolls	308	(4)
London Craft Guild Ordinances	312	(10)
Urban Environmental Problems and Regulations	322	(6)
Jean Froissart's Chronicle: On the Battle of Crecy	328	(5)
The Black Prince's Letter Announcing Victory at Poitiers	333	(3)
Accounts of the Black Death and Its Effects	336	(6)
Wage and Price Regulations	342	(6)
Medical Documents	348	(2)
Chronicle Accounts of the Peasants' Revolt	350	(4)
Peasants' Revolt Trials	354	(2)
Royal Proclamations on the Peasants' Revolt	356	(2)
Ordinances of the Guild of St. Katharine at Norwich	358	(2)
A Preacher's Handbook	360	(6)
Robert Manning of Brunne's Handlyng Synne	366	(3)
The Lollard Conclusions	369	(5)
The Deposition of Richard II	374	(9)
V. The Fifteenth Century
Chronicle of the Reign of Henry V	383	(9)
The Agincourt Carol	392	(1)
Libel of English Policy	393	(5)
Order of the Pageants of the York Corpus Christi Play	398	(4)
Gynecological Treatise	402	(8)
Poems about Raising Children	410	(10)
Apprenticeship Documents	420	(1)
The Book of Margery Kempe	421	(8)
Monastic Visitations	429	(7)
Parliamentary Debates	436	(2)
A London Chronicle on the Wars of the Roses	438	(9)
Fortescue: In Praise of the Laws of England	447	(3)
The Plumpton Letters	450	(15)
The Cely Letters	465	(13)
Polydore Vergil's Account of Henry VII	478	(9)
An Italian Relation of England	487	(10)
Index	497	(3)
Sources	500