Amt, Emilie, ed., Medieval England 1000-1500: A Reader (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures, VI. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2000). ISBN: 1
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Text name(s): AElfric's Colloquy; The Rights of Various Persons; Anglo-Saxon Wills; Laws of Cnut; Cnut's Letter to the English People; Praise of Queen Emma; The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster; Wulfstan's Laws for Northumbrian Priests; The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on the Norman Conquest; The Text of the Bayeux Tapestry; Domesday Book; Lanfranc's Constitutions; Orderic Vitalis's Account of His Life; Henry I's Coronation Charter; Eadmer's Account of Queen Edith-Matilda; William of Malmesbury's History of Recent Events; Foundation Documents of Godstow Abbey; Gerald of Wales's Description of Henry II; The Constitutions of Clarendon; The Murder and Miracles of Thomas Becket; Assizes of Henry II; Glanvill's Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England; Jocelin of Brakelond's Account of Henry of Essex; Borough Charters; William fitzStephen's Description of London; The Life of St. William of Norwich by Thomas of Monmouth; The Life of St. Godric of Finchale by Reginald of Durham; The Burning and Repair of the Church of Canterbury, by Gervase of Canterbury; John of Salisbury's Policraticus; The History of William Marshal; Richard of Devizes' Chronicle of the Third Crusade; A Song of Richard I; Letters of Innocent III and King John; Roger of Wendover's Account of the Rebellion against King John; Magna Carta; Letters of Queen Isabella of Angouleme; Bracton's Notebook; Persecutions of Jews; Deeds of the Abbots of St. Albans, by Matthew Paris; The Ancrene Wisse; The Coming of the Friars Minor to England, by Thomas of Eccleston; The Song of Lewes; Summonses to Parliament; Confirmation of Charters, 1297; London Coroners' Rolls; Hundred Rolls; Merton College Statutes; The Sphere of Sacrobosco; Roger Bacon's Third Opus; Correspondence of the Queen with London; The Manner of Holding Parliament; Chronicle Account of the Great Famine; The Royal Response to the Famine; Manor Court Rolls; London Craft Guild Ordinances; Urban Environmental Problems and Regulations; Jean Froissart's Chronicle: On the Battle of Crecy; The Black Prince's Letter Announcing Victory at Poitiers; Accounts of the Black Death and Its Effects; Wage and Price Regulations; Medical Documents; Chronicle Accounts of the Peasants' Revolt; Peasants' Revolt Trials; Royal Proclamations on the Peasants' Revolt; Ordinances of the Guild of St. Katharine at Norwich; A Preacher's Handbook; Robert Manning of Brunne's Handlyng Synne; The Lollard Conclusions; The Deposition of Richard II; Chronicle of the Reign of Henry V; The Agincourt Carol; Libel of English Policy; Order of the Pageants of the York Corpus Christi Play; Gynecological Treatise; Poems about Raising Children; Apprenticeship Documents; The Book of Margery Kempe; Monastic Visitations; Parliamentary Debates; A London Chronicle on the Wars of the Roses; Fortescue: In Praise of the Laws of England; The Plumpton Letters; The Cely Letters; Polydore Vergil's Account of Henry VII; An Italian Relation of England

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Medieval Author(s): Aelfric Cely Family Eadmer of Canterbury Fitzstephen, William Fortescue, John Froissart, Jean Gerald of Wales Gervase of Canterbury Jocelin of Brakelond John of Salisbury Kempe, Margery Lanfranc of Bec Mannyng, Robert of Brune Matthew Paris Ordericus Vitalis Plumpton Family Ranulf de Glanville Reginald of Durham Roger of Wendover Thomas of Eccleston Thomas of Monmouth Vergil, Polydore William of Malmesbury Wulfstan

Dates: 1000 - 1500

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Original Language(s): Anglo-Norman; English - Anglo-Saxon / Old English; English - Middle English;

Translation: English translation.

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Geopolitical Region(s): England;

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Apparatus: Index Bibliography Introduction

Comments:

This sourcebook is dedicated to bringing together a wide variety of documents regarding the cultural, social, economic, and religious development of England from 1000-1500. Contains a large selection of topics, all collected according to century. Included are letters from clergy members, the Magna Carta, medical documents, town charters, the Domesday book, the book of Margery Kempe, as well as many other documents. Included in this publication are study questions regarding the sources. These study questions are to be used by students and ask the reader to compare different sources, to talk about the bias of the author, and to consider the impact certain sources might have had. These questions make the publication an excellent resource for students of medieval England, providing them with a wide range of documents and topics and questions that will focus and guide their reading.

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