MANCHESTER MEDIEVAL SOURCES ONLINE

Manchester Medieval Sources Online brings together

essential texts from the internationally acclaimed

Manchester Medieval Sources series, into one, easy-to-

access collection.

Series editors: Rosemary Horrox, University of Cambridge

and Simon MacLean, University of St Andrews

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Key Features & BenefitsProvides translations of key sources that are directly usable in students' ownwork, with accessible and contextual introductions and helpful annotationsthroughout39 books edited and translated by leading figures in the field, guaranteeingquality and robustness of contentIncludes texts central to medieval studies courses that focus upon diversecultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levelsof medieval societyOffers a single, easy-to-navigate database for studying medieval history, bringingtogether a wide range of topics in one resourceIncludes Noble Society, winner of the 2018 Oustanding Academic Title award fromChoice

Authors includeRosemary HorroxRachel StoneT.J.H. McCarthySimon MacLeanCharles WestAndrew RabinGraham LoudI. S. RobinsonPeter BillerJanet NelsonAlison McHardyCarrie BenešMayke de JongJustin Lake

Providing easy access to digital history sources, Manchester Medieval Sources Onlinebrings essential texts from the Manchester Medieval Sources series to students andacademics all over the world. From the terror of the Black Death to the drama of theNorman invasion, Manchester Medieval Sources Online brings alive the reality of lifein the medieval world through these first hand accounts, many translated into Englishfor the first time. The series is also unique in providing extensive introductory andexplanatory material which will enable a beginner in the area to understand the varietyof interpretations the sources have had, and any linguistic problems that have beencontroversial.

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Reviews

Review of McCarthy - Chronicles of the Investiture ContestFrutolf's text will now be accessible to English-speaking historians, both studentsand professionals who are not at ease with Latin, and therefore unfamiliar with thesources for this crucial period of medieval history. But the translator has done farmore than one would ordinarily expect from a translation. The modest andannotated by on the title page next to the translator's name hides a significantaccomplishment. McCarthy provides in the long introduction of eighty pages asuccinct, knowledgeable and clearly written survey of the historical background ofthe last hundred years or so of the chronicle that is up-to-date and focused onEnglish secondary sources, but includes older essential bibliography in languagesother than English as well. The volume also includes an extensive bibliographydivided into primary and secondary sources (286-311).'Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Catholic University of America (emerita), TheMedieval Review Review of Jones - Friar's Tales‘David Jones, with an affordable, accessible, small volume, offers today's audience achance to read what their ancestors may have heard eight centuries ago...Finally, anup-to-date bibliography allows scholars to learn still more about the wide range ofthemes and applications employed by those who incorporated sermons and storiesinto their own efforts to save souls.'John L. Murphy, New York Journal of Books Review of Lyon - Noble society‘This is a rich collection and, like other volumes in the Manchester stable, destinedto become a staple of many undergraduate courses.'Johanna Dale, University College London, The Medieval Review Review of McHardy – Richard IIThe preparation of critical editions of primary sources has been integral tomedievalism since the origins of historical research and teaching as a professionalenterprise in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Manchester MedievalSources series has reinvented that tradition for the modern university world, wherethere is a pressing need for primary sources in translation in order to bringstudents closer to the documents upon which historical reconstruction is based.Peter Crooks, Trinity College Dublin, History: Journal of the Historical Association2015

Review of Loud – Roger II..this work is another success for the popular Manchester Medieval Sources Series.With Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily, a significant selection ofmaterials (in this series) are now available in English translation, not only on Italybut also on the wider Mediterranean basin…Whilst Loud begs forgiveness from hisreaders for the substantial size of the book, we should be grateful, for, as one wouldexpect from the Manchester Medieval Sources Series, this work is not simply aselection of translated materials with minimal context and apparatus, but a highlyeffective and fully annotated book that will satisfy both the specialist and those newto the subject.Christopher Heath, University of Manchester, Al-Masāq: Journal of the MedievalMediterranean, 26:1 2014 Review of Horrox - The Black Death‘This is an outstanding collection of documents written by those who lived and diedin the mid-fourteenth century: chosen with great skill, translated felicitously andaccompanied by commentaries which contain a wealth of informed judgements. Itprovides an abundance of intimate insights into a society experiencing the mostlethal epidemic in recorded history, and is essential as well as fascinating readingfor anyone with a serious interest in the middle ages.'John Hatcher, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Review of Stone and West - The divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberger‘Overall, fellow historians will appreciate the expertise, clarity and good sense withwhich Stone and West have approached both the text and the elucidation of itscontext. It is admirably abreast of current scholarship (not least that since 1992) onFrankish politics, the Frankish church, bishops, canon law, patristic and earlymedieval commentaries and use of Latin. This book, in short, is a valuablecontribution to scholarship.'Rosamond McKitterick, Cambridge, Francia-Recensio Reviews of Rabin - The political writings of Archbishop Wolfstan of York‘There is much more of interest that can be gleaned from these texts. Scholars ofsocial, cultural, legal, religious, and political phenomena will find many clues to theearly history of such topics, to just name a few, as penance, marriage, tithes,wergild, oaths, sanctuary, and slavery. And for those interested in broader socialand political ideas, Rabin is undoubtedly right that Wulfstan's writings offer one ofthe most ambitious attempts to describe a coherent "political theology" known fromAnglo-Saxon England (vii). The clarity of the translations and the relatively modestlength of the book will also make it appropriate for use in the undergraduateclassroom. These texts will allow readers to come to their own conclusions aboutRabin's claims that Wulfstan was "a political thinker of the first order," and that hisInstitutes of Polity "represents the most sophisticated work of English politicaltheory before John of Salisbury's Policraticus" (15-16).'Richard Keyser, University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Medieval Review

TitlesCatholic EnglandChristian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, C. 650-c. 1450 Chronicles of the Investiture ContestChronicles of the Revolution 1397-1400Confronting crisis in the Carolingian empireCourt and civic society in the Burgundian Low CountriesCrime, Law and Society in the Later Middle AgesEleventh-Century GermanyFriars’ TalesHermits and anchorites in England, 1200–1550History and Politics in Late Carolingian and Ottonian EuropeJacopo da Varagine's 'Chronicle of the city of Genoa'Joan of ArcLate Merovingian FranceNoble SocietyMonasticism in Late Medieval England, c.1300-1535Ottonian GermanyPopular Protest in Late Medieval EuropeRoger II and the creation of the Kingdom of SicilySaints and Cities in Medieval ItalyThe Annals of FuldaThe Annals of Lampert of HersfeldThe Annals of St BertinThe Black DeathThe English Manor c.1200 - c.1500

R. N. SwansonJanet Hamilton and Bernard Hamilton;with Yuri StoyanovT. J. H. McCarthyChris Given-WilsonMayke de Jong and Justin LakeAndrew Brown and Graeme SmallAnthony Musson; with Edward PowellI. S. RobinsonDavid JonesE.A. JonesSimon MacleanCarrie BenešCraig TaylorPaul Fouracre and Richard A. GerberdingJonathan R LyonMartin HealeDavid A. WarnerSamuel Kline Cohn JrGraham LoudDiana WebbTimothy ReuterI. S. RobinsonJanet L. NelsonRosemary HorroxMark Bailey

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New for 2020, Manchester University Press ispleased to present Manchester MedievalStudies; a brand new collection which is anideal companion to Manchester MedievalSources Online. Manchester Medieval Studies is amultidisciplinary collection including books onmedieval history, literature and culture,providing comprehensive coverage and criticalanalysis of life in the medieval age.

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The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by ‘Hugo Falcandus’ 1154-69The Jews in Western EuropeThe Lives of Thomas BecketThe Normans in EuropeThe Papal Reform of the Eleventh CenturyThe political writings of Archbishop Wulfstan of YorkThe reign of Richard IIThe towns of Italy in the later Middle AgesThe World of El CIDTowns in Medieval EnglandWomen in EnglandWomen of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500

Graham A. Loud; Thomas WiedemannJohn EdwardsMichael StauntonElisabeth Van HoutsI. S. RobinsonAndrew RabinA. K. McHardyTrevor DeanSimon Barton and Richard FletcherGervase RosserP. J. P. GoldbergJennifer Ward