Documents and other Writing

Bill of Sale, 1248 An example of a bill of sale where the cooper is selling to certain partners a number of empty barrels, presumably for the wine trade.

Bill of Lading, 1248 Bills of lading were used in the 13th century, possibly they accompanied bills of exchange which were used as instruments of credit in order to economize in the shipment of specie.

Acknowledgment by an Agent of an Order on Goods to be Sold in Montpellier, 1248

Lease of a Workshop in Marseilles, 1248

Order for Sale of English Tin, 1248

Lease and Guarantee for Rental Property, 1254
At Marseilles.

A Business Partnership between a Jew and Christian in Barcelona, 1235-1242 CE Documents on exploitation of royal mills by Jews and Christians in Barcelona.

Marseille: Lease & Guarantee for a House, 1254

The Cathedral Chapter of Chartres: The Riot of 1210, trans. Richard Barton

Three Disputes involving the Cathedral Chapter of Notre-Dame of Chartres, 1215-1224

Henry III: Documents of the Church of Salisbury in the Early 13^th Century, trans. Richard Barton

Philip II Augustus: Suppression of Etampes Commune, 1199-1200, trans. Richard Barton
John, King of England: Charter of Privileges Granted to Men of Dunwich, 1200

John I, King of England: Charter Granted to the Citizens of Cambridge, 1201

Ipswich: Account of the Setting Up of Self-Government, 1200 [At Medieval English Towns]

Ipswich: Calendar of Usages and Customs [At Medieval English Towns]

The Arte della Lana & The Government of Florence, 1224

John, King of England: Grant to London Abolishing the Weavers' Gild, 1202

The Law of the Fullers & Weavers of Winchester, 1209

The Citizens of Brunswick: Grant of a Goldsmiths’Gild, 1231

The Garment Cutters of Stendal: Guild Law Revision, 1231.

The Regulations of the Garment Cutters' Gild of Stendal, 1231

The Regulations of the Weavers' Gild of Stendal, 1233

Arras: The Charter of the Shearers, 1236

Regulations of the Master Butchers of Tuln, 1237

Rules for the Governance of the Gild at Ipswich, 1201

Southampton Guild Merchant: Rules.

Douai: Regulations on the Manufacture & Sale of Cloth, 1244

The Butchers of the City of Chartres: Prior Restraints on Trade, 1249

England: The Assizes of Bread, Beer, & Lucrum Pistoris

England: Statuta de Forstallariis (Statute of Forestallers), c. 1300

England: Judicium Pillorie (The Judgment of the Pillory)

England: Statuta de Mercatoribus (Statutes of Merchants), 11 Edw. I (1283) & 13 Edw. I (1285)

Giovanni Villani: Florentine Chronicle [1277-1348].

List of Florentine Crafts Subject to Tax, 1316

Extracts From the Roll-Book of the Arte Della Seta [The Silk Guild], Lucca 1225

Contract For Quarrying & Dressing Stone, 1248

Henry III of England: Complaints of Heavy Taxation, 1230

Emperor Frederick II: The Imperial Precaria, 1241

Margaretta, Countess of Flanders & Hainault: A Purchase of Tithes and Remission of a Tax, 1246

Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Grant of Goods and Revenues to a Hospital for the Poor, 1200

Cartulary of Saint Trond: Protection of Revenues from Property, 1221

Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Complaint About the Tithe of Ryckel, 1232

Cartulary of Saint Trond: A Cession of Meadow-Lands to Tenants, 1243

Cartulary of Saint Trond: Robert, Bishop of Liège: Protection of Fishing Rights, 1246

Thomas Aquinas: On Usury, c. 1269-71

Jewish Views of Royal Monetary Policy in Aragon, 13th Century, trans. Elka Klein.

Manumission of a Villein 1278

Description of Manor House at Chingford, Essex, 1265.

Manorial Management & Organization, c. 1275

[Tierney 74.3] Hundred Rolls: Description of Alwalton Manor, Huntingdonshire 1279.

The Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1208-1209

Survey of Somersham, 1222

Deverall Manorial Accounts

Manorial Court Pleas 1246-1249.

Hinderclay Court Roll

Brigstock Court Roll

Court Rolls of The Manor of Wakefield, 1274-1297, full text

Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy 1332, ed. David Postles [At Leicester]

Rutland Lay Subsidy 1296

The Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade 1204: Collected Sources.
Texts from Villehardoun, Robert de Clari, Choniates, etc.

Geoffry de Villehardouin: Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople, full text

Robert de Clari: The Capture of Constantinople, selections.

Nicetas Choniates: Capture of Constantinople, 1204.

Innocent III: Letter 136: Reprimand of Papal Legate, 1204.

Cologne Chronicle: The Children's Crusade, 1212.

Innocent III: Summons to a Crusade, 1215.

Philip de Novare: The Crusade of Frederick II, 1228-29.

Frederick II's Crusade: Letters, 1229.
Letters by Frederick II: To Henry III of England, and by Gerold, Patriarch of Jerusalem, To All the Faithful, 1229.

The Capture of Jerusalem, 1244.
Letter from the Master of the Hospitalers at Jerusalem, to Lord De Lamaye.

St. Louis's Crusades

Al-Makrisi: Arab Account of the Crusade of St. Louis.

Guy, A Knight: Letter from the Sixth Crusade, 1249.

The Fall of the Latin East

Ludolph of Suchem: The Fall of Acre, 1291 Philip de Novare: The Crusade of Frederick II, 1228-29.

Frederick II (r. 1214-1250): Dispute with the Church, 1245-1246

[Tierney 69] Salimbene: Chronicle - On Frederick II.

The Empire's Regions

Eternal Bond of Brothers - Between Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden, The Origins of Switzerland, 1291

Papal Claims

[Tierney 80.1] Boniface VIII (r.1294-1303): Clericis Laicos, 1296. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Boniface VIII

[Tierney 80.2] Boniface VIII (r.1294-1303): Unam Sanctam, 1302.

Reaction: Political

William of Hundlehy: The Outrage at Anagni, 1303
Philip IV of France's physical attack on Boniface VIII.

William of Ockham (1299-1350): Dialogus, Latin text edition and English translation by John Kilcullen and John Scott.

Raimon de Cornet (14th cent. troubadour): Poem Criticizing the Avignon Papacy

Petrarch (1304-1374): Letter Criticizing the Avignon Papacy

[Geary 36] Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor Pacis: Selections from Text, 1324.

[Tierney 81.3, Geary 36] Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor Pacis: Conclusions, 1324; Same Text with Introduction also available, complete, and in a different version from Tierney. [Geary has copyrighted selections from body of the text, chaps. 3 and 13.]

John XXII: Condemnation of Marsiglio of Padua, 1327.

St. Louis: Advice to His Son.

Gerald of Wales (1146-1225): The Discovery of the Tomb of King Arthur, from On the Instruction of a Prince (De Instructione Principis), c. 1223

The Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester, 1208-1209

Tierney 71, Geary 49.2] Magna Carta, 1215, A Magna Carta in plain text is also available, as is a British Library modern translation.

Roger of Wendover: Runneymede 1215 from Flowers of Hisory.

John I: Concession Of England To The Pope. A.D. 1213,.

Matthew of Westminster: Simon de Montfort's Rebellion, 1265.

[Tierney 72.1-3] Summons of a Bishop, a Baron, and the Commons to Parliament 1295.

[Tierney 72.4] Edward I: Confirmation of the Charters, 1297.

[Tierney 73] Edward II: Coronation Oath, 1308.

Henry III: Documents of the Church of Salisbury in the Early 13^th Century, trans. Richard Barton

The Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury, 1315-1330, trans. Richard Barton
Texts from the Register of Roger Martivall, Bishop of Salisbury. The last one, in particular, is of interest, as it is concerned with criminous clerks and clerical status.

Statuta Armorum (The Statutes of Arms), c. 1260

The Assizes of Bread, Beer, & Lucrum Pistoris

Statuta de Forstallariis (Statute of Forestallers), c. 1300

Judicium Pillorie (The Judgment of the Pillory)

Statuta de Mercatoribus (Statutes of Merchants), 11 Edw. I (1283) & 13 Edw. I (1285)

Edward I: Edward I: Statute of Quia Emptores, 1290.

Edward I: Statute of Mortmain, 1279.

Edward I: Confirmatio Cartarum, November 5, 1297, (Confirmation of Henry III's version of the Magna Carta).

Orders for the English Fleet, 1326

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Cornish Eyre.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward III - Manor of Brightwaltham.

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Lincolnshire Eyre.

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Northamptonshire Eyre.

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Bedfordshire Eyre.

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Staffordshire Eyre.

Select Pleas of the Crown, 1200-1225 - Shropshire Eyre.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward I - Manors of the Abbey of Bec, A.D. 1247.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward I - Manors of the Abbey of Bec, A.D. 1248.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward I - Manors of the Abbey of Bec, A.D. 1249.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward I - Manors of the Abbey of Bec, A.D. 1275.

Select Pleas in Manorial and Other Seignorial Courts, Reigns of Henry III and Edward I - Manors of the Abbey of Bec, A.D. 1280.

Court Rolls of The Manor of Wakefield, 1274-1297

The Flores Historiarum: On William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, c. 1307.

The Declaration of Arbroath, April 6, 1320 [at Edinburgh]
Text of the "Scottish Declaration of Independence"

Royal Grants to the Jewish Community of Barcelona, 1241-1271, trans. Elka Klein

Barcelona Jewish Court Documents: A Jewish Widow and her Daughter, 1261-1262, trans. Elka Klein

Barcelona Jewish Court Documents: A Daughter's Inheritance, 1293, trans. Elka Klein

Jewish Community of Barcelona: The Book of Document Forms, 13th century, trans. Elka Klein

Jewish Views of Royal Monetary Policy in Aragon, 13th Century, trans. Elka Klein.

The Siete Partidas: Concerning Jews, 1265.

A Business Partnership between a Jew and Christian in Barcelona, 1235-1242 CE
Documents on exploitation of royal mills by Jews and Christians in Barcelona.

Bartolus of Sassoferrato: On the Tyrant, c.1330, trans

Treaty for Peace and Commercial Harmony Between Florence & St. Gimignano, 1225

Educational Institutions

Robert de Courçon: Statutes for the University of Paris, 1215 Courses in the Arts 1215.

Rules of the University of Paris, 1215, [At Clinch Valley College]

[Tierney 77.1] Gregory IX: Statutes of the University of Paris, 1231.

Frederick II (r.1214-1250): Lictere Generales, establishing the University of Naples, trans. Mario Spagnuolo, 1224

Court Rolls of The Manor of Wakefield, 1274-1297

[Tierney 77.2] University of Paris: Courses in Arts 1255, copyrighted

University of Paris: Courses in Theology [1271] and Medicine [1270-74].

[Tierney 77.3] Bishop Stephen of Paris: Thirteen Condemned Errors, 1270, copyrighted - see next item.

University of Paris: Condemnation of Errors, 1241.

Jacques de Vitry: Life of the Students at Paris, 13th century.

William of Ockham (1299-1350): Dialogus

John of Paris: On Royal and Papal Power [Local copy]

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): On the Nature of Law.

Geary 36] Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor Pacis: Selections from Text, 1324.

[Tierney 81.3, Geary 36] Marsiglio of Padua (d.1343): Defensor Pacis: Conclusions, 1324;

Roger Bacon: On Experimental Science, 1268.

Roger Bacon: Despair About Thirteenth Century Scholarship, from Compendium Studii Philosophiae, 1271.

[Tierney 65.1] St. Francis (1182-1226): Testament.

[Tierney 65.2] St. Francis (1182-1226): Canticle of the Sun, in Italian and English, text document.

[Geary 30] Rule of Franciscan order.

Honorius III: Bull Solet annuere, on the Rule of the Friars Minor, November 29, 1226. [At The Franciscan Archive]; or see copy [At EWTN]

Thomas of Celano: Two Lives of St. Francis . See also Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis of Assisi and Catholic Encyclopedia: Thomas of Celano.

Brother Ugolino: The Little Flowers of St. Francis. Full text. [At CCEL]

Gregory IX: Bull Mira Circa Nos, July 16, 1228 [At EWTN]
The Bull canonizing St. Francis of Assisi.

[Geary 31] Clare of Assisi: Testament, copyrighted? See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Clare of Assisi, Saint.

Nicholas III: Exiit qui seminat, Soriano, Italy: August 14, 1279, (With attached Latin Text). [At EWTN]
See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Nicholas III
On the confirmation of the rule of the Friars Minor.

Nicholas III: Exiit qui seminat, Soriano, Italy: August 14, 1279, (alternate translation by John Kilcullen and John Scott ). [At MacQuarrie U]

Clement V: Exivi de paradiso, May 6, 1312 with the Ecumenical Council of Vienne in session Latin Text available. [At Franciscan Archive]:or see copy [At EWTN]
Declaration of the supreme Pontiff on the Rule of the Friars Minor.

Dominican Order: The Lifes of the Brethren of the Order of Preachers, 1206-59

St. Dominic: Biographical Documents

Innocent IV: Bull Quae honorem conditoris omnium ["Whatever Is for the Honor of the Creator of All"], October 1, 1247.

[Tierney 62.1] Conversion of Peter Waldo. See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Waldenses.

[Tierney 62.2] Reinarius Saccho: Of the Sects of Modern Heretics, on Waldensians, 1254.

Caesarius of Heisterbach: Medieval Heresies, from Dialogue on Miracles, V.

Cathar Gospel: Book of John the Evangelist.

Cathar Rites: Traditio: Immersion in the Perfect Community, from the Lyons Ritual.

Cathar Rites: The Apparelhamentum,, from the Lyons Ritual.

[Tierney 63] Raynaldus: Annales: Accusations against Cathars, also available en castellano.

Bernard Gui: Inquisitor's Manual: Accusations against Cathars, also available en castellano

[Tierney 64.2] Bernard Gui: Technique of Interrogations [1307-1323], also available en castellano; See also Catholic Encyclopedia: Inquisition.

[Geary 35] Jacques Fornier: Inquisition Records - re: Beatrice de Planissoles, copyrighted

Jacques Fournier, Bishop of Pamiers 1318-1325: The Inquisition Record. [At SJSU]

Bernard Gui: Inquisitor's Manual [1307-1323] .

Angelo Clareno, a spiritual Franciscan: On Torture, early 14th Cent..

The Case of Na Prous, a beguine, 1325.

Petrus Iohannes Olivi (1247/8-1298): Selections from the Apocalypse Commentary.

Sermon Stories: Tales of The Virgin, 12th-13th Century

Gonzalo de Berceo: The Miracle of Theophilus, c. 1250

Hymn to Virgin, c.1300 [At Bartleby]

Sermon Stories: Tales of Relics, 12th-13th Century

Stephen de Bourbon: De Supersticione: On St Guinefort

Caesarius of Heisterbach: The Eucharist as A Charm (from Dialogus Miraculorum), (written c.1220-1235).

Sermon Stories: Tales of The Host, 12th-13th Century.

Caesarius of Heisterbach: Confession, Ordeal and Miracle (from Dialogus Miraculorum), (written c.1220-1235).

Sermon Stories: Tales of Confession, 12th-13th

Sermon Stories: Tales of the Devil, 12th-13th Century.

The Trial of Enguerrand IV de Coucy Before Louis IX, 1259.

The Strange Story of Thomas of Elderfield, 13th Century.

Oldradus de Ponte: No. 35 (Questio), early 14th century The issue here is the validity of a marriage contract made under duress.

Oldradus de Ponte: No. 92 (Questio), early 14th century. The here was the responsibility of a knight who had been entrusted with a castle while a war was going on.

Marguerite Porète: The Mirror of Simple Souls, (written 1296/1306),

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): 0n Sex: Summa Theologiae II-II, 153-154.

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): On Unnatural Sex: Summa Theologiae II-II, 154, 10-11.

Innocent III (r.1198-1216): Letters on Marriage, and Women, 1203-1204

Manorial Marriage and Sexual Offense Cases.

Church Courts Pursue Adulterers, 1289

Robert of Flamborough: Summa Confessorum: on Luxuria..

Johannes of Trowkelowe: Annales: On the Famine of 1315.

Brother John of Monte Corvino: Letter to the Minister General of the Friars Minor in Rome, c. 1280

John of Monte Corvino: Report on China, 1305.

Marco Polo (1254-1324): On the Tartars

Marco Polo (1254-1324): Description of Kinsay [Hangchow].

The Rule and Statutes of the Teutonic Knights, 1264 [At ORB]

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