Books in the Manchester Medieval Sources series

This is the first English translation of Jacopo da Varagine's Chronicle of the city of Genoa. It broadens the available literature in English on medieval Italian urban life, providing an engaging introduction to medieval Genoa, civic culture, Dominican composition and the 'historical Jacopo'. -- .

This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. -- .

This book is about the spectacles and ceremonies of society in the Low Countries. It is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court in The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. -- .

This book provides a selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered. Van Houts takes a wide European perspective on the Normans, assessing and explaining their origin, the Norman expansion and their political and social organisation in the period between c. 900 to c. 1150. -- .

This collection of documents, spanning the years 1245-1424 concentrates on the 'contagion of rebellion' that followed the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century. Comprising a wide variety of sources from a range of authors - including revolutionaries, the aristoricacy, merchants and op -- .

This is the translation of an extraordinary and enigmatic narrative of Carolingian history, which should interest historians of politics, religion and literature in equal measure. Radbertus' 'Epitaph for Arsenius' is both a personal and a political text, written with twenty years of hindsight, by an author is also an actor in his own work. -- .

This is the translation of an extraordinary and enigmatic narrative of Carolingian history, which should interest historians of politics, religion and literature in equal measure. Radbertus' 'Epitaph for Arsenius' is both a personal and a political text, written with twenty years of hindsight, by an author is also an actor in his own work. -- .

This book provides an unprecedented range of sources for the solitary life in late-medieval England, including many that have never before been published, alongside a scholarly introduction and commentary by one of the foremost experts in the field. -- .

This book provides an unprecedented range of sources for the solitary life in late-medieval England, including many that have never before been published, alongside a scholarly introduction and commentary by one of the foremost experts in the field. -- .

An annotated translation of the principal narrative source written from a perspective East of the Rhine for the period in which the Carolingian Empire gave way to a number of successor empires, including the one that would become Germany. An indispensible resource for those studying the ninth century. -- .

A range of material covering the 'tyranny' and deposition of Richard II and the usurpation of the throne by his cousin, who became King Henry IV. -- .

The first published translation of Hincmar's treatise - a key source for studying ninth-century political history and the ideology of kingship. -- .

Assembles a diverse range of texts to encourage and facilitate the study of medieval towns - a fresh incentive following the collapse of the city-based Roman Empire, shaped by the cultural and commercial currents of the time. -- .

This fascinating collection of sources, translated for the first time in English and assembled in one accessible volume, show the startling impact of papal reform in the eleventh century and its consequences. An essential collection for students of medieval history. -- .

This collection of sources demonstrates the variety of evidence that survives of English women in all walks of life from the time of Edward I to the eve of the Reformation. An overview is included of current thinking about English medieval women below the level of the greater aristocracy.

This book surveys contemporary responses to the Black Death. The sources illustrate the fear that spread with the disease and the diverse ways that such terror influenced social behaviour. -- .

Translated in its entirety here for the first time, The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg has long been recognised as one of the most important sources for the history of the tenth and early eleventh centuries, especially for the history of the Ottonian Empire. -- .

This volume contains five biographical sources, translated into English for the first time , about noblemen and noblewomen living in twelfth-century Germany. -- .

This volume contains five biographical sources, translated into English for the first time , about noblemen and noblewomen living in twelfth-century Germany. -- .

Exposes the inner workings of inquisitions in medieval France through expert translations of primary sources. -- .

Exposes the inner workings of inquisitions in medieval France through expert translations of primary sources. -- .

A collection of documents on the historical figure Joan of Arc, some of which published in modern English for the first time, and contextualised by an extended intorduction and and useful contextualising passages -- .

Lampert is widely regarded as 'the unrivalled master among medieval historians' and 'a superb story-teller', noted for his vivid characterisation and narrative. This English translation of his work is of the greatest value to teachers and students of medieval history and also of interest to the general reader of European literature. -- .

Lampert is widely regarded as 'the unrivalled master among medieval historians' and 'a superb story-teller', noted for his vivid characterisation and narrative. This English translation of his work is of the greatest value to teachers and students of medieval history and also of interest to the general reader of European literature. -- .

Archbishop Wulfstan of York (d. 1023) is among the most important legal and political thinkers of the early Middle Ages. A leading ecclesiastic, innovative legislator, and influential royal councilor, Wulfstan witnessed firsthand the violence and social unrest that culminated in the fall of the English monarchy before the invading armies of Cnut in 1016. In his homilies and legal tracts, Wulfstan offered a searing indictment of the moral failings that led to England¿s collapse and formulated a vision of an ideal Christian community that would influence English political thought long after the Anglo-Saxon period had ended. These works, many of which have never before been available in modern English, are collected here for the first time in new, extensively annotated translations that will help readers reassess one of the most turbulent periods in English history and re-evaluate the career of Anglo-Saxon England¿s most important political visionary.

A source reader covering the first twenty years (1377-97) of Richard II's reign. Includes well-known English chronicles, foreign chronicles, and legal, administrative and financial records with clear and lively commentary and notes to enable readers to make the fullest use of each document. -- .

Monasticism in Late Medieval England provides an ideal introduction to this subject for students and scholars alike. It combines translated sources relating to every aspect of late medieval monastic life with the first extended overview of pre-Reformation monasticism in England for a generation. -- .

This is the first English translation of two chronicles of long-acknowledged importance to European history in the period c.850-c.950. This period, which is widely taught in European and North American universities, saw the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and the rise in Germany of the 'First Reich' under the Ottonian dynasty. -- .

Through a broad-ranging collection of documents, John Edwards sets out to present a vivid picture of the Jewish presence in European life during this vital and turbulent period. -- .