Primary Sources
Religion and the Catholic Church
- Three monastic rules: The Rule of St. Columba, The Rule of St. Benedict and The Rule of St. Francis
- The Conversion of the Britons
- A Description of Clairvaux
- Tales of the Devil
Law and Government
- Juridic Ordeals: Hot Water and Hot Iron and Cold Water
- Oaths of Fidelity
- Oaths of Loyalty
- The Peace of God and The Truce of God
- Capitularies: On Saxony, On Villas, On Monks
- Frederick II, Statute in Favor of the Princes
- Fief Ceremonies
- Coronation ceremony of Richard I
- Constitutions of Clarendon
- Louis IX's letter of advice to his son
- Advice to a Cardinal from Lorenzo de' Medici
- Machiavelli, exerpts
Cities, Trade and Commerce
- Domesday Book: a sample
- Inventory of a Royal Estate
- Bill of Sale and a Bill of Lading
- An Order to Purchase
- A Purchase on Credit
- Purchase of Shares in a Ship
- Charter for the Town of St. Omer
- Charter for the Town of Lorris
Popes and Emperors
- The Doctrine of the Two Powers
- Dictatus papae
- Clericis laicos
- Unam sanctam
- Licet juris
- Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges