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Primary
Sources from External Websites
Many
other websites contain primary sources that give information about
medieval military history. In this section, we provide a list of these
items, with links to their websites. Often
they are moved or taken away, and some of our links may not work. If
you know of an
source that we can add, please email us at deremilitari@hotmail.com
Other Major Websites Providing
Primary Sources
CELT:
Corpus of Electronic Texts - a large database of Irish medieval sources
In Parentheses -
distributing texts, translations, and commentaries from a wide variety of areas
and disciplines, including medieval studies. All items are in PDF format
Leeds
Medieval History Texts in Translation - by Graham Loud, an impressive
collection of texts that are translated into English for the first time.
Medieval
Sourcebook - the largest online resource for medieval sources
Textos
medievais traduzidos - primary
resources in Portuguese
Translated
Texts by William North - covers Byzantine, German and Papal sources
Translations
from Byzantine Sources - by Paul Stephenson
Northvegr Foundation
- covers Icelandic sagas and other materials related to medieval
Scandinavia
Third Century and Earlier ( to 300 CE) -
Please
also see Warfare
in the Ancient World section for more items.
The
Art of War, by Sun Tzu - a translation of the famous military text,
first written around the 505-496 BCE
A
Description of Germany by Tacitus
The
Strategemata, by Sextus Julius Frontinus
Fourth Century (301-400 CE)
De
Re Militari, by
Fifth Century (401-500 CE)
Priscus
at the court of Attila in 448
Zosimus'
Historia Nova: Book Six
Sixth Century (501-600 CE)
Jordane's
Origins and Deeds of the Goths
Description of Belisarius, a Byzantine General, by Procopius
Gregory of Tour's History of the Franks
Seventh Century (601-700 CE)
Chronicon,
by Isidore of Seville
Selections
from the Chronicle of Fredegar (587-641)
Eight Century (701-800 CE)
Bede's
Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
Ninth Century (801-900 CE)
Einhard's Life of Charlemagne
The Monk
of St. Gall on the Wars and Military Exploits of Charlemagne
William Caxton's
English Charlemagne Romances, written in 1485
Annals
of St. Bertin on Viking attacks between 843 and 859
Chronicon
Prophetica (written in 883)
The
Life of King Alfred
Annals of
the Reign of Alfred the Great, by Asser (PDF
file)
Tenth Century (901-1000 CE)
Annales
Cambriae (The Annals of Wales)
The
Byzantine Attack on Bulgaria in 917, according to Theophanes Continuatus
Prince
Oleg's Campaign Against Constantinople in the early 10th century, according to
the Russian Primary Chronicle
Nikephoros
Phokas captures Crete and celebrates a triumph, 961, according to Leo the Deacon
The
Battle
of Brunanburh
Eleventh Century (1001-1100 CE)
The
Battle of Kleidion, 29 July 1014, according to John Skylitzes
Excerpts
from the Saga of Harald Hardrada
The
Battle of Hastings in 1066 according to Orderic Vitalis
The Battle of Hastings in 1066, according to William of Malmesbury
Kekaumenos, Nouthetikos
Logos or Advice to an Emperor (ca. 1078)
(PDF)
The
Norman Invasions of Italy, according to the Breve Chronicon Northmannicum
(1041-1085)
Arnulf
of Milan, Book of Recent Deeds
(PDF)
The
Deeds of Robert Guiscard, by William of Apulia
Twelfth Century (1101-1200 CE)
The Deeds of God through the Franks,
by Guibert of Nogent
Anglo
Saxon Chronicle, translated by James Ingram and J.A. Giles - from The
History Net
Rebellion
of Robert Of Belleme against Henry I in 1102, according to Orderic Vitalis
The
Deeds Done by Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily and of Duke Robert his Brother,
by Geoffrey of Malaterra
The
Deeds Done by King Roger of Sicily,
by Alexander of Telese
Two
Byzantine accounts of John II's encounters with the Hungarians, 1127-29
Histoire
des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre:
the empress Matilda and Queen Matilda of England
The
Capture of Almeria and Tortosa in 1147, by Caffaro di Rustico of Genoa
Letters
of the Crusaders Written from the Holy Land
The
Chronicle of St. Clement, Casauria, by John Berard (1023 - 1155)
The
Conquest of Ireland, by Giraldus Cambrensis (PDF)
The
Chronicle of Richard of Devizes (PDF)
Four
Arthurian Romances from Chretien de Troyes -
De
Expugnatione: The Conquest of the Holy Land by Saladin, by Ralph of Coggeshall
Itinerary
of Richard I and others to the Holy Land, by Richard of Holy Trinity, (once
ascribed to Geoffrey of Vinsauf) (PDF)
Texts
concerning the Conquest of the Kingdom of Sicily by Henry VI
St.
Thomas Aquinas, On War
Thirteenth Century (1201-1300 CE)
Danish
History Books I-IX, by Saxo Grammaticus
Histoire
des Ducs de Normandie et des Rois d'Angleterre:
Matilda de Braose fights the Welsh
The Sack of
Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade
Chronicle
texts concerning the Fourth Crusade
Memoirs
or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of Constantionple, by
Geoffrey de Villehardouin
Letters
of Innocent III concerning the Fourth Crusade and the Latin Empire of
Constantinople
Excerpts from
the Chronicle of the Cid
Genghis Khan's conquest of Samarkand (1220), according to Juviani
Selection from
the Annals of Jan Dlugosz dealing with the Mongol Invasion of Poland in 1241
William
of Rubruck's Account of the Mongols 1253-1255
Heimskringla
or The
Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179 - 1241)
Source
Documents Relating to the Wars of Edward III - from ORB: The
Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Walter
de Manny attacks Mortagne, 1339
Jeanne
of Flanders, countess of Montfort, leads a sortie (1342)
The Life
of the Black Prince by Chandos Herald (PDF)
The
Chronicle of Ramón Muntaner (PDF)
The Lay
of Igor's Raid (also
available at this website)
The
Zadonshchina, including the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380
Romance of the Three
Kingdoms - a 14th century Chinese novel dealing with the civil war at
the end of the Later Han Dynasty Tales from Froissart Deeds of Arms: A Collection of Accounts of Formal Deeds of Arms of the Fourteenth Century Deeds of Arms - From the Archives: Documents relating to Formal Deeds of Arms of the Fourteenth Century
Fifteenth Century (1401-1500 CE)
The
Brus,
by John Barbour 15th Century Deeds of Arms
A Venetian
Memorandum on the European States in the 1420's
Levy
of Troops for Wars in Bohemia, 1422 - from Chronique:
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
Bartolomeo
de Giano, A Letter on the Cruelty of the Turks (1438)
(PDF)
The
Unconquered Knight, by Gutierre Diaz de Gamez (PDF)
A
Treatise on the Form and Organization of a Tournament, by by René of Anjou,
King of Jerusalem and Sicily
The
Chronicle of Novgorod (1016-1471) (PDF)
Ars
Gladitoria: A Fighting Treatise from the 15th century, by Fillipo Vadi -
from Chronique: Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
History
of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy from the Earliest Times to the Death of
Lorenzo the Magnificent, by Nicolo Machiavelli
- from The History Net
The Art of
War by Nicolo Machiavelli
Sixteenth Century and Later (after 1501 CE)
A Book of Five Rings
- written in 1645, by Miyamoto Musashi, the renowned swordsman of the Edo
period
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