Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History series

Published in 1856-7, this three-volume collection of Latin and Greek primary sources focuses on political and economic relations between Venice and Constantinople from the early ninth century to 1299. Volume 2 covers the period 1205-55 and focuses on the fate of Constantinople and the interests of the Papacy.

Published in 1856-7, this three-volume collection of Latin and Greek primary sources focuses on political and economic relations between Venice and Constantinople from the early ninth century to 1299. Volume 1 documents Venice's rise as an economic power between 814 and 1205, and the background to the Fourth Crusade.

This two-volume work, published 1880-99, contains documents from the Venetian state archives from the period 1300-1454, illustrating Venice's dealings with her own empire across the eastern Mediterranean and with foreign powers, including Turkish sultans and Byzantine emperors, at a time when Venetian power was at its zenith.

This two-volume work, published 1880-99, contains documents from the Venetian state archives from the period 1300-1454, illustrating Venice's dealings with her own empire across the eastern Mediterranean and with foreign powers, including Turkish sultans and Byzantine emperors, at a time when Venetian power was at its zenith.

An 1829 English edition of the work of the Arab traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-68/9), whose journeys may have reached as far as China and Zanzibar. There is doubt as to whether Ibn Battuta actually saw everything he described, but this account gives a fascinating world-view from the medieval period.

This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 6 (published in 1890) contains texts relating to the great Orthodox Monastery of St John on Patmos.

This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek relating to the history and politics of the Byzantine empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 5 (published in 1887) shows the efforts of churches and monasteries to maintain their rights and status in turbulent times.

This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek relating to the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 4 (published in 1871) contains texts focusing on Orthodox churches and monasteries in Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean.

This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 3 (published in 1865) focuses on diplomatic and trade relations between Byzantium/Istanbul and the Italian city-states.

This six-volume work, published in Vienna between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 2 (published in 1862) contains further letters and decrees of the fourteenth-century Patriarchs of Constantinople.

This six-volume work, published in Vienna between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 1 (published in 1860) consists of letters and decrees of the fourteenth-century Patriarchs of Constantinople.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. It includes both Latin and Old English documents, collected from many different archives and arranged chronologically. Volume 1 (1839) contains texts from the seventh, eighth and early ninth centuries.

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902. His acclaimed collection of Anglo-Saxon charters, published between 1883 and 1893, is still consulted by scholars of pre-conquest Britain as the fullest chronological compilation for the period to 975 CE.

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902. His acclaimed collection of Anglo-Saxon charters, published between 1883 and 1893, is still consulted by scholars of pre-conquest Britain as the fullest chronological compilation for the period to 975 CE.

This collection of nineteen early English charters, including several original documents issued by Anglo-Saxon kings, was rediscovered at an auction in the early 1890s. A. S. Napier (1853-1916) and W. H. Stevenson (1858-1924), published this edition in 1895. It set new standards of scholarship, and inspired later research.

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902. His acclaimed collection of Anglo-Saxon charters, published between 1883 and 1893, is still consulted by scholars of pre-conquest Britain as the fullest chronological compilation for the period to 975 CE.

Published in 1892, this book contains the research notes of Hippolyte Noiret (1864-88) on the history of the Venetian administration of Crete between 1380 and 1485, drawn from the archival records of the Venetian senate. The material will be of interest to both historians and visitors to the island.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 7 (published 1907) covers the period from the 1560s to the 1640s.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 6 (published 1903) covers the period from the 1490s to the 1570s.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 5 (published 1901) covers the period from the 1440s to about 1520.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 4 (published 1896) covers the period from the 1370s to the 1480s.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 2 (published 1878) covers the period from the 1320s to the 1360s.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 3 (published 1883) covers the period from the 1340s to the 1420s.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 1 (published 1876) introduces the project and focuses on the period from the 1230s to the 1320s.

This 1991 publication, edited by Wendy Childs and John Taylor (1925-2009), contains the first printed edition of a continuation of the French prose Brut. It is found in the Anonimalle Chronicle, a fourteenth-century manuscript from St Mary's Abbey, York. The text is given here with a facing-page translation.

The focus of this 1883 work by economic historian Frederic Seebohm (1833-1912) is the agrarian history of medieval England, with special reference to problems of early land tenure and the feudal social system that developed from it. Seebohm stresses the continuity between Roman settlement and English villages.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 5 (1847) complements Volumes 1 and 2 with additional Latin and Old English texts from the early seventh to the mid-tenth century, including many from the Codex Wintoniensis.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 6 (1848) complements Volumes 3 and 4 with additional texts from the mid-tenth century to the Norman Conquest and includes lists of manuscripts and an index of places.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 2 (1840) contains Latin and Old English texts from the mid-ninth to the mid-tenth century, ending with King Edgar's charter for the New Minster, Winchester.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 3 of the Codex (1845) contains Latin and Old English texts from the mid-tenth to the early eleventh century, and includes Kemble's pioneering discussion of vernacular boundary-clauses.