A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age [1905]
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The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Oliver J. Thatcher, A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age [1905] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. 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Thatcher and Edgar Holmes McNeal (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905). Editor: Oliver J. Thatcher Editor: Edgar Holmes McNeal About This Title: A 600 page collection of primary sources on such topics as the Germans and the Empire, the Papacy, the struggle between the Empire and the Papacy, the Church, Feudalism, the Courts, Monasticism, the Crusades, and Social Classess and the Cities in Germany. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2277 Online Library of Liberty: A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2277 Online Library of Liberty: A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age Table Of Contents Preface I.: The Germans and the Empire to 1073 1.: Selections From the Germania of Tacitus, Ca. 100 Ad 2.: Procopius, Vandal War. (greek.) 3.: Procopius, Gothic War. (greek.) 4.: The Salic Law. 5.: Selections From the History of the Franks, By Gregory of Tours. 6.: The Coronation of Pippin, 751. 7.: Einhard’s Life of Karl the Great. 8.: The Imperial Coronation of Karl the Great, 800. 9.: General Capitulary About the Missi, 802. 10.: Selections From the Monk of St. Gall. 11.: Letter of Karl the Great to Baugulf, Abbot of Fulda, 787. 12.: Letter of Karl the Great In Regard to the Two Books of Sermons Prepared By Paul the Deacon, Ca. 790. 13.: Recognition of Karl By the Emperors At Constantinople, 812. 14.: Letter of Karl to Emperor Michael I, 813. 15.: Letter to Ludwig the Pious Concerning the Appearance of a Comet, 837. 16.: The Strassburg Oaths, 842. 17-18.: the Treaty of Verdun, 843. 17.: Annales Bertiniani. 18.: Regino. 19.: The Treaty of Meersen, 870. 20.: Invasions of Northmen At the End of the Ninth Century. 21.: Invasion of the Hungarians, Ca. 950. 22.: Dissolution of the Empire. 23.: The Coronation of Arnulf, 896. 24, 25.: Rise of the Tribal Duchies In Germany, Ca. 900. 24.: Saxony. 25.: Suabia. 26.: Henry I and the Saxon Cities, 919-36. 27.: The Election of Otto I, 936. 28.: Otto I and the Hungarians. 29.: The Imperial Coronation of Otto I, 962. 30-31.: the Acquisition of Burgundy By the Empire, 1018-1032. 30.: Thietmar of Merseburg. 31.: Wipo, Life of Conrad II. 32.: Henry Iii and the Eastern Frontier, 1040 to 1043. II.: The Papacy to the Accession of Gregory Vii, 1073 33.: Legislation Concerning the Election of Bishops, Fourth to the Ninth Century. 34.: The Pope Must Be Chosen From the Cardinal Clergy of Rome, 769. 35.: The Petrine Theory As Stated By Leo I, 440-61. 36.: The Emperor Gives the Pope Authority In Certain Secular Matters. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2277 Online Library of Liberty: A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age 37.: The Emperor Has the Right to Confirm the Election of the Bishop of Rome, Ca. 650. a Letter From the Church At Rome to the Emperor At Constantinople, Asking Him to Confirm the Election of Their Bishop. 38.: A Letter From the Church At Rome to the Exarch At Ravenna, Asking Him to Confirm the Election of Their Bishop, Ca. 600. 39.: Gregory I Sends Missionaries to the English, 596. 40.: The Oath of Boniface to Pope Gregory Ii, 723. 41-42.: the Rebellion of the Popes Against the Emperor. 41.: Letter of Pope Gregory Ii to the Emperor, Leo Iii, 726 Or 727. 42.: Gregory Iii Excommunicates All Iconoclasts, 731 Ad 43.: The Pope, Gregory Iii, Asks Aid of the Franks Against the Lombards, 739. A Letter of Gregory Iii to Karl Martel. 44-46.: the Acquisition of Land By the Pope. 44.: Promise of Pippin to Pope Stephen Ii, 753-54. 45.: Donation of Pippin, 756. 46.: Promise of Charles to Adrian I, 774. 47.: Karl the Great Declares the Pope Has Only Spiritual Duties, 796. Letter of Karl to Leo III. 48.: Karl the Great Exercises Authority In Rome, 800. 49.: The Oath of Pope Leo Iii Before Karl the Great, 800. 50.: The Oath of the Romans to Ludwig the Pious and Lothar, 824. 51.: The Emperor Admits the Right of the Pope to Confer the Imperial Title. Passages From a Letter of Ludwig Ii, Emperor, to Basil, Emperor At Constantinople, 871. 52.: The Pope Enacts That Papal Elections Must Take Place In the Presence of the Emperor’s Representatives. Enactment of a Roman Synod Held By John Ix, 898. 53.: The Oath of Otto I to John Xii, 961. 54.: Otto I Confirms the Pope In the Possession of His Lands, 962. 55.: Leo Viii Grants the Emperor the Right to Choose the Pope and Invest All Bishops, 963. 56.: The Pope Confers the Royal Title. a Letter of Pope Sylvester Ii to Stephen of Hungary, 1000. 57.: The Emperor, Henry Iii, Deposes and Creates Popes, 1048. 58.: The Pope Becomes the Feudal Lord of Southern Italy and Sicily, 1059. The Oaths of Robert Guiscard to Pope Nicholas Ii, 1059. 59.: The Papal Election Decree of Nicholas Ii, 1059. III.: The Struggle Between the Empire and the Papacy, 1073-1250 60-64.: Prohibition of Simony, Marriage of the Clergy, and Lay Investiture, 1074-1123. 60.: Prohibition of Simony and of the Marriage of the Clergy, 1074 Ad 61.: Simony and Celibacy. the Roman Council, 1074. 62.: Celibacy of the Clergy. Gregory Vii, 1074. 63.: Action of the Ninth General Council In the Lateran Against the Marriage of the Clergy, 1123 Ad 64.: Prohibition of Lay Investiture, November 19, 1078. 65.: Dictatus Papæ, Ca. 1090. 66.: Letter of Gregory Vii to All the Faithful, Commending His Legates, 1074. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2277 Online Library of Liberty: A Source Book for Mediaeval History. Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age 67.: Oath of the Patriarch of Aquileia to Gregory Vii, 1079 Ad 68-73.: Gregory Vii Exercises Secular Authority. 68.: The Oath of Fidelity Which Richard, Prince of Capua, Swore to Gregory Vii, 1073. 69.: Letter of Gregory Vii to the Princes Wishing to Reconquer Spain, 1073. 70.: Letter of Gregory Vii to Wratislav, Duke of Bohemia, 1073. 71.: Letter of Gregory Vii to Sancho, King of Aragon, 1074. 72.: Letter of Gregory Vii to Solomon, King of Hungary, 1074. 73.: Letter of Gregory Vii to Demetrius, King of the Russians, 1075. 74-81.: Conflict Between Henry Iv and Gregory VII. 74.: Letter of Gregory Vii to Henry Iv, December, 1075. 75.: The Deposition of Gregory Vii By Henry Iv, January 24, 1076. 76.: Letter of the Bishops to Gregory Vii, January 24, 1076. 77.: The First Deposition and Excommunication of Henry Iv By Gregory Vii, 1076. 78.: The Agreement At Oppenheim, October, 1076. 79.: Edict Annulling the Decrees Against Pope Gregory. 80.: Letter of Gregory Vii to the German Princes Concerning the Penance of Henry Iv At Canossa, Ca.