Medieval source material on the internet: Medieval and early modern texts: Subjects

Medieval and early modern texts

(3) Anonymous works and collections arranged by subject

• James Gairdner, editor, Three fifteenth-century chronicles, with historical memoranda by John Stowe, the antiquary, and contemporary notes of occurrences ... (1880) (Lollard Society)
  Camden Society, new series, volume 28. English and Latin transcripts.
• Vita Sanctissimi Ceolfridi Abbatis (Vitae abbatum) (Life of the most holy abbot Ceolfrid (Lives of the abbots)) (Oxford Text Archive)
  Latin text from Charles Plummer, Venerabilis Baedae Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum, Historiam abbatum, Epistolam ad Ecgberctum, una cum Historia abbatum auctore anonymo (1896)
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Tony Jebson, University of Texas) [not available, 23 December 2021; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from September 2021]
    The original texts of 5 versions of the Chronicle, with 2 more, and modern English translations, to follow.
  • The Anglo-Saxon chronicle, according to the several original authorities (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N050187)
    PDF format; text and English translation (incomplete) from the edition of B. Thorpe (Rolls Series 23, vol.2; 1861)
  • A composite translation into modern English, by Rev. J. Ingram (1823), is available at several sites:
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Project Gutenberg)
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Online Medieval and Classical Library)
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (The Avalon Project, Yale Law School)
• The 'Anglian Collection' of Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (Keith Matthews)
  Tabulation from four sources, three from the edition of David Dumville (1976) and another from the Historia Brittonum
• Anglo-Saxon: Saxon Genealogies printed by Henry Sweet (Keith Matthews)
  Original - untranslated - text, from British Library Additional MS 23211
• Annals: Annales Monastici: Index (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Rolls Series 36, volume 5 (1869). Contains an index to the annals in volumes 1-4, from Margan, Tewkesbury, Burton, Winchester, Waverley, Dunstable, Bermondsey, Oseney and Worcester. See the Place name section for the individual texts.
  [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury [d.1170]
  • Thomas Becket ... Selected Texts ... (Scott Ian McLetchie) [not available, 4 February 2009; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from February 2008]
    English translations of selected extracts from works by Garnier of Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Gervase of Canterbury, John of Salisbury, Roger of Hoveden, William of Newburgh and others
  • Materials for the history of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, canonized by pope Alexander III, A.D. 1173 (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050318-N050324)
    PDF format; Latin texts from the edition of James Craigie Robertson (Rolls Series 67, vols 1-7; 1875-1885)
  • A life of archbishop Thomas Becket, in Icelandic (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050315, N050316)
    PDF format; text and English translation from the edition of Eirikr Magnusson (Rolls Series 65, vols 1 and 2; 1870, 1883)
• Black Prince:
  • Life of the Black Prince by the Herald of Sir John Chandos (Susan Rhoads, Susan Rhoads, Elfinspell)
    English translation, linguistic introduction, historical introduction and historical notes, from the edition of Mildred K. Pope and Eleanor C. Lodge (1910)
  • The Chandos Herald, Life of the Black Prince (In Parentheses, York University, Canada)
    English translation only, from the edition of Pope and Lodge (PDF format).
• The Genealogy of the Kings of Britain, from Brutus to the Death of Alfred. (Susan Rhoads, Elfinspell)
  English translation of the French text of a chronicle sometimes attributed to Peter of Ickham, from A Collection of Eighteen Rare and Curious Historical Tracts and Pamphlets (1885).
• Chronicles: [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Parts 1 and 2. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Latin texts of the chronicles of Simeon of Durham, John, prior of Hexham, Richard, prior of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto, John Brompton of Jervaulx, Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne and Henry Knighton. Includes an index.
• [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Part 1 [to column 1284]. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Latin texts of the chronicles of Simeon of Durham, John, prior of Hexham, Richard, prior of Hexham, Aelred of Rievaulx, Ralph de Diceto and John Brompton of Jervaulx. Indexed in part 2.
  [Other copies at: HathiTrust.]
• [Roger Twysden, ed.] Historiae anglicanae scriptores X. Part 2 [from column 1289 and index]. (1652) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  Latin texts of the chronicles of Gervase of Canterbury, Thomas Stubbs, William Thorne and Henry Knighton. Includes an index to both parts.
  [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; HathiTrust.]
• Cnut: Cnutonis regis Gesta sive Encomium Emmae reginae auctore monacho Sancti Bertini (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N093448)
  PDF format; from Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorum, vol. 19, ed. G. H. Pertz (1866)
• Crusades:
  • Many medieval texts on the crusades, including the Recueil des historiens des croisades series, are available, in their original languages and in PDF format, on the gallica site (Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N051557, N051558, N051569, N051570, N051571-N051578, N051580-N051582)
  • The Crusades: Bibliography (University of North Florida/Paul Halsall) [no longer available; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from October 2002]
    An extremely detailed bibliography, including links to both source material and secondary works available online
• Memorials of saint Dunstan archbishop of Canterbury (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N050313)
  PDF format; Latin texts from the edition of William Stubbs (Rolls Series 63; 1874)
• St Edmund: Liber miraculorum Sancti Eadmundi Orientalium Anglorum Regis auctore anonymo (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N068194)
  PDF format; Latin text, from the edition of Edmond Martene and Ursin Durand (1729)
• The Life of King Edward the Confessor (Cambridge University Library)
  Anglo-Norman verse (mid-13th century); images of manuscript Ee.3.59.
• Lives of Edward the Confessor (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N050146)
  PDF format; French and Latin texts from the edition of Henry Richards Luard (Rolls Series 3; 1858)
• Chronicles of the reigns of Edward I and Edward II (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050344, N050345)
  PDF format; Latin texts from the edition of William Stubbs (Rolls Series 76, 2 vols; 1882, 1883)
• Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV, in England and the Finall Recouerye of His Kingdomes from Henry VI. A.D. M.CCCC.LXXI [1471] (Richard III Society American Branch - Primary Source Materials)
  Text from the edition of John Bruce (1838)
• Emma: Cnutonis regis Gesta sive Encomium Emmae reginae auctore monacho Sancti Bertini (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N093448)
  PDF format; from Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorum, vol. 19, ed. G. H. Pertz (1866)
• The Dialogue concerning the Exchequer
  • The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer (The Avalon Project, Yale Law School)
    English translation of Book 1, from Ernest F. Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages (1896)
  • The Dialogue concerning the Exchequer (Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University)
    English translation of Book 1, from Ernest F. Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages (1910)
• Monumenta franciscana (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050147, N050148)
  PDF format; Latin texts from the edition of J. S. Brewer and Richard Howlett (Rolls Series 4, vols 1 and 2; 1858, 1882)
• Life, Translation, Miracles, etc., of St Gilbert of Sempringham (Early Manuscripts at Oxford University)
  Images of Bodleian manuscript Digby 36; Latin texts about the 12th-century saint
• Memorials of Henry the fifth, king of England (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N050159)
  PDF format; Latin text from the edition of Charles Augustus Cole (Rolls Series 11; 1858)
• Henry VII: Emma Cavell, A memoir of the court of Henry VII (2001) (University of Tasmania)
  M. A. thesis, subtitled "an edition of BL, MS. Cotton Julius B. XII, fols. 8v-66r, with textual and general introduction". The document is also known as the "heraldic memoir".
• Henry VIII & Queen Catherine -- the herald's account (Lincolnshire-web.co.uk) [formerly at http://www.lincolnshire-web.co.uk/herald-lincoln.htm; not available, 13 February 2006; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from March 2005]
  A contemporary account of a visit to Lincoln by Henry VIII in 1541 [formerly at http://www.lincolnshire-web.co.uk/lincolnshire-illustrious/king-lincoln.htm; not available, 13 February 2006; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from March 2005]
• The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary (in progress; Lara E.Eakins, Tudor History)
  Text from the edition of John Gough Nichols (1850)
• Early medieval king lists (Keith Matthews)
  Original texts - Latin and English - from various sources, covering the pre-conquest kingdoms of Bernicia, Wessex and the Picts
• William the Marshal: L'histoire de Guillaume le Mar�chal, Comte de Striguil et de Pembroke, R�gent d'Angleterre de 1216 � 1219 (gallica Biblioth�que Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N203426)
  PDF format; text of a poem in French. Volume 1 of 3, from the edition of Paul Meyer (1891-1901)
• The Old English Martyrology: An Annotated Bibliography (Christine Rauer)
  Includes An Alphabetical Index of Persons named in the text
• Political poems and songs relating to English history, composed during the period from the accession of Edw. III to that of Ric. III (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050165, N050166)
  PDF format; texts - in various languages - from the edition of Thomas Wright (Rolls Series 14, vols 1 and 2; 1859-1861)
• The Anglo-Latin satirical poets and epigrammatists of the twelfth century (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050304, N050305)
  PDF format; Latin texts from the edition of Thomas Wright (Rolls Series 59, vols 1 and 2; 1872)
• Richard I: Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi,
  in Chronicles and memorials of the reign of Richard I (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N050246)
  PDF format; Latin text from the edition of William Stubbs (Rolls Series 38, vol.1; 1864)
• Science: Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England: being a collection of documents... illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (gallica; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; numbers for "Recherche libre" field: N050237-N050239)
  PDF format; Latin and Anglo-Saxon texts from the edition of the Rev. Oswald Cockayne (Rolls Series 35, vols 1-3; 1864-1866)
• Hyper/Hagiography: Archbishop Richard le Scrope (Catholic University of America)
  Collection including a brief modern biography, medieval texts and images.
• Stephen: Richard Clarke Sewell, ed., Gesta Stephani: regis Anglorum, et ducis Normannorum ... (1846)
  Latin transcript
  [Other copies at: Google Books:  1 ;  2  [Hints and tips]; Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Tudor England - Primary Sources (Familyhistory.net)
  A collection of short extracts from various sources