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Before the Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- Georeferencing and imaging of monuments of the Franks.
- Includes parts of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland.
- (Antiquity to Middle Ages; interactive maps, images)
- Online database of sources regarding topics including the Carolingians, feudalism, economy, and Joan of Arc.
- In cooperation with Fordham University
- (450-1438 ; English transcription)
- Eyewitness accounts of historic events from the Black Plague to the Crusades to Columbus’ discovery of America
- EyeWitness to History
- (585-1597; English transcription)
- Medieval documents reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (7th to 16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- England-France Medieval Manuscripts
- 800 manuscripts from the French and British national libraries with historical significance for medieval relations between the two countries.
- You find manuscripts by date, language, place of origin, author or subject, then view them side by side.
- (700-1200; Latin, Old French and Old English facsimiles)
- Reproductions of manuscript illuminations and decor.
- Preserved in French municipal libraries, linked in a database searchable by multiple criteria.
- Produced through the auspices of CNRS.
- (8th to 18th centuries; facsimiles and metadata)
- A Database On Carolingian Secular Law Texts.
- (9th – 16th century; Latin and English )
- HIT REFRESH TO LOAD IMAGES. From the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities come over 38,000 images of medieval French manuscripts
- (9-18th century; French and Latin facsimiles)
- Chronologically organized collection of French literature, including Ancient, Classic and Modern French
- From Bibliotheca Augustana
- (9th-20th century; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Royal seals of the Bourgogne dynasty reproduced on the Ministry of Culture's Archim imagebank.
- (9th to 16th centuries; photo facsimiles)
- Database of the Charters of the abbey of Cluny.
- Project developed by the University of Münster.
- Website also available in German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
- (10th to 12th centuries; Latin facsimiles)
- "it is, with the Miracles de Saint-Benoit, the most precious source we possess for manners and ideas in France at the end of the 10th and beginning of the 9th century"
- Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (11th century ; English transcription)
- Including VITA BREVIOR SIGEBERTI REGIS, VIRGINALIS SANCTA FREQUENTIA and LIBER DE SCRIPTORIBUS ECCLESIASTICIS
- From The Latin Library
- (1035-1112; Latin transcriptions)
Continuation of Capetian Reign and After (1066-1337)
- England-France Medieval Manuscripts
- 800 manuscripts from the French and British national libraries with historical significance for medieval relations between the two countries.
- You find manuscripts by date, language, place of origin, author or subject, then view them side by side.
- (700-1200; Latin, Old French and Old English facsimiles)
- Online database of primary documents from the Crusades
- From the Medieval Sourcebook in cooperation with Fordham University
- (1093-1270 ; English transcriptions)
- Beginning with the First Crusade and continuing on through the Sixth.
- (1098-1249; English translation)
- Hanover Historical Text -- Crusade Letters
- Anselme of Ribemont, Anselme of Ribemont, Letter to Manasses II, Archbishop of Reims (1098)
- Stephen, Count of Blois and Chartres, Letter to his wife, Adele (1098)
- Daimbert, Godfrey and Raymond, Letter to the Pope (1099)
- Aymeric, Patriarch of Antioch, Letter to Louis VII of France (1164)
- Letter from the East to Master of Hospitalers (1187)
- The Duke of Lorraine, Letter to the Archbishop of Cologne (1197)
- More available HERE
- (1098-1229; English translation)
- Historical documents and commentary on the former duchy of Savoy.
- (1100 to present; French and Latin transcriptions, facsimiles, and commentaries)
- In the first part, he offers a loose compilation of events from the time of Christ. The the second part, he writes a more detailed history of France, specifically Lorraine, from 1002-1112.
- From Monumenta Germaniae Historica
- (ca 1112; Latin; PDF)
- Facsimiles of liturgy of Praemonstratensian Order.
- Browse the index for facsimiles and search options.
- (1120; facsimiles, French interface)
- 19th century Digitized book collection of Crusade Historians
- Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
- (French and Latin facsimiles with German interface)
- This section includes primary documents of post-1066 France online.
- See especially the section for France.
- Account by Odo of Deuil. Following the call of Pope Eugnius IV for a crusade, at Christmas time 1145, the French king, Louis VII, revealed to his courtiers his designs to go to the aid of the Latins in the East.
- The Fiasco at Damascus
- From the Internet History Sourcebook
- (1145; English translation)
- A French chronicle from an anonymous source
- (1154-1219; facsimile; Latin with German introduction)
- Medieval sources such as "Privilege of Philip Augustus in favor of the Students at Paris" and "Statutes of Gregory IX for the University of Paris"
- (1158-1274; English translation)
- (1177-1217; English translations)
- (1173; Latin transcription and English translation of letter)
- Four primary accounts. "On July 4, 1187, the Crusader army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem suffered a crushing defeat in the hills a few miles to the west of the Sea of Galilee."
- From Society for Medieval Military History
- (1187; English translations)
- "Richard's punishments for criminal crusaders, is interesting as showing the discipline that was to be preserved on the ships going to Jerusalem. "
- Part of the Avalon Project
- (1189; English)
- By Geoffrey of Villehardouin, who participated in the Crusades
- From Myriobiblos
- (12th century; English translation)
- Odo of Deuil
- From Myriobiblos
- (12th century; English translation)
- ROBERT of Clari on the Sack of Constantinople
- From Myriobiblos
- (12th century; English translation)
- Ekkehard... a well-known German historian had completed a history of the world in the year 1101 when he determined to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. On his return he entirely rewrote the particulars of his history relating to the First Crusade.
- From the Internet History Sourcebook
- (12th century, English translation)
- Urkunden Heinrichs VI.
- Papers of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
- (late 12th century; German)
- The Grand Chronicles of France, spanning from Trojan origins to Charles V's death.
- (13th century; French facsimile)
- La bataille des vii ars of Henri d'Andeli, and the Morale scolarium of John of Garland
- (13th century; English translations)
- The Roman de la Rose, written by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun.
- Digital library of all known manuscript copies, about 300.
- (13th century; facsimile manuscripts)
- "This expedition which, of course, was not a Crusade at all in the strict sense of the term attracted thousands of children and young adults from northern France and western Germany to its banners."
- In cooperation with Medieval Sourcebook
- (1212; English translation)
- By Innocent III
- In cooperation with Medieval Sourcebook
- (1215; English translation)
- In the thirteenth century Saracen slaves were being sold in Marseilles. The character of the transactions and the price at which a slave girl might be sold are indicated in the documents. In the case of Aissa there was a profit of five solidi on the second sale.
- From the Medieval Sourcebook
- (1248; English translation)
- An exhibition of the Getty Museum utilizing manuscripts to illustrate French medieval history.
- (1250-1500; facsimiles and commentary)
- Two letters: the first includes both facsimile and translation, the second a translation
- Contains valuable information after 1113.
- (1300; French; facsimile)
- (1302-1464; French transcriptions)
- A source for the Franco-Flemish War and the County of Flanders, as well as the Crusades.
- (1308; French and Latin facsimile)
- Jacques Fournier was the Bishop of Pamiers, France. His records include confessions and testaments of supposed witchcraft and heresy.
- (1318-1325; English translation)
- Exhibition showcasing the development of courtly fashion as depicted in the art of Medieval France and the Netherlands.
- Timeline spanning from the "Fashion Revolution" (c. 1330) to the beginning of the Renaissance in France.
- (1325-1515; manuscripts and descriptions)
- Tiny and highly personalized copy of a book of hours made for the third wife of Charles IV of France.
- From The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hundred Year's War (1337-1453)
- Continuation of Guillaume de Nangis. Includes reliable first hand accounts, with a terrible famine, the backdrop of the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Crecy, the Peasant's War and the siege of Calais.
- (1358-1359; French; facsimile).
- Excerpts from an 1805 translation by Thomas Johnes.
- Edited by Steve Muhlenberger of Nipissing University (Canada).
- (14th century; English translations)
- Excerpted accounts of the Hundred Years' War.
- Provided by the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
- (1369-1410; English translations)
- Online database for primary documents of the religious changes in Europe
- In cooperation with Fordham University
- (14th - 17th century; English transcriptions)
See also details for reading Froissart's chronicles on the web in the original French or in modern French translation.
Faits d'armes (Deeds of Arms)
- Accounts of French, Scot and English tournaments and battles
- (14-15th century)
- Edited by Steve Muhlenberger of Nipissing University (Canada).
- (14th to 15th centuries; transcriptions from Scots English, Middle English, Middle French and Latin; also English translations)
- "A treatise for the purpose of instructing [his three motherless daughters] in all those mental qualities which, in the fourteenth century, were looked upon as constituting the character of a pure and perfect lady."
- (1372; English translation)
- Alabaster "mourners" from the tombs at Dijon.
- For the Burgundian dukes, Philip the Bold (1342-1404) and John the Fearless (Jean sans peur 1371-1419).
- (Late 14th to early 15th centuries; three-dimensional sculpture facsimiles)
- Medieval Thoughts on Marriage
- The Fifteen Joys of Marriage, a satire
- [The sacrament of marriage by Jean Gerson, on the rules of intimacy
- (Late 14th to early 15th century; English translation)
- King of England and of France, and lord of Ireland
- (1399-1413; facsimile with English translations)
- Othon de Grandson, knight and poet, distinguished himself both through his verses and through his heroic deeds during the Hundred Years War...In addition, Othon de Grandson's poetry introduced Valentine's Day to a broader public; it had previously been celebrated primarily in Anglo-Saxon regions.
- From e-codices
- (early 15th century; French facsimile)
- A medieval book of hours.
- (ca. 1412-1416; photo facsimiles)
- The trial of Joan of Arc
- (1431; French facsimile)
- The Book of Hours of Jeanne de France, produced on the occasion of the nuptials of the third daughter of King Charles VII.
- Classified as a French national treasure, of great historic and artistic interest.
- 694 folios, digitized by Gallica at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- (1452; Latin-language facsimiles)
- From the Rise of Capetian France through the Hundred Years' War.
- (Transcriptions and translations)
- (1412-1431; mostly English translations)
- A contemporary chronicle of Joan of Arc's life by Christine de Pisan.
- (ca. 1429; facsimile and original French transcription with English translation)
- (1429; English)
- Book of Hours sponsored by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galaezzo Visconti. The Visconti Book of Hours is the most lavish codices that the Duke of Milan commissioned.
- Book of Hours belonging to the daughter of Charles the Bold.
Other Collections
- A database of images, texts, charts, and historical maps of French Gothic architecture.
- (12th to 15th centuries; facsimile images, maps, architectural plans, texts, and narratives)
- A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities.
- (Facsimiles)
- Texts on the history of French agriculture, commerce, law, taxes, and more.
- (From ancient times through 1914; Latin, Langue d'Oc, Langue d'Oil transcriptions and translations)
- Photographic reproductions of constitutions, edicts, treaties, letters, photos, atlases, and official seals.
- Available either by search engine or by thematic "dossiers."
- Virtual book. The Bedford Hours is one of the most lavish surviving medieval prayerbooks. 15th-century treasure owned by Henry V’s brother, the Regent of France]
- From the British Library
- (1410; English interface)
- Collection of manuscripts and documents from 1300 to 1700.
- (French; facsimiles)
- The Roubaix Digital Library in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais aims to concentrate all the local primary sources for the history of the city in one digital library.
- Browse by theme, or collection
- (15th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, pictures, and descriptions)
EuroDocs > History of France: Primary Documents > 1066 - 1453
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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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