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These three volumes by Katherine Drew represent all of the early Germanic law codes in English that I’ve been able to find. The Lombard Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1973. The Laws of the Salian Franks, University of Pennsylvania, 1991.ĭrew, Katherine Fischer, trans. The Burgundian Code, University of Pennsylvania, 1976.ĭrew, Katherine Fischer, trans. Other excerpts talk about art, such as a few brief pages from the libri carolini, a true tome written at Charlemagne’s behest in response to the Council of Nicea in 787.ĭrew, Katherine Fischer, trans. Some are descriptions of art, be they a building, an altar, a bowl, or frescoes. Much to my surprise this turned out to be a collection of extracts and excerpts from early medieval sources. Early Medieval Art 300 – 1150, University of Toronto Press, 1986. Davis includes an introduction, glossary, and a fascinating map of eighth-century Rome.ĭavis-Weyer, Caecilia, trans. The nine lives included with this collection make for interesting reading, even if they seem somewhat short on political details, yet find space to make lists of building improvements and gifts of treasures to different churches. The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes (Liber Pontificalis), Liverpool University, 1992. It includes the complete text of the Parker Manuscript, one of the original copies.ĭavis, Raymond, trans. Not the most scholarly edition, but a charmingly illustrated copy of an 1828 translation. James Ingram, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Illustrated and Annotated, Coda Books, 2012. While not particularly useful for tracking down exact historical events, it is a valuable volume for getting a flavor of the ages.Ĭarruthers, Bob, ed., trans. Cantor has selected close to a hundred previously translated excerpts of all sorts, spanning a thousand years of history. The Medieval Reader, Harper Collins, 1994. A good companion to Riche’s book on the same topic.Ĭantor, Norman F., ed. Oddly, no index.īutt, John J., Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne, Greenwood Press, Westport, 2002. White’s translation is clear, with a decent introduction.
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Benedict is very straightforward, and does not clutter his prose.
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The Rule is not a difficult read, you just have to decide to want to take a look. Includes maps and a genealogy of the English kings.īenedict, The Rule of Benedict, Carolinne White, ed. Also included are a letter from Bede, and a letter from his abbot on his death. He is a very good writer, and holds your interest. He was interested in how the people of Britain emerged from paganism into the light of Christianity, and he spends almost 400 pages expounding on that theme. Bede was not interested in a political history, but rather a spiritual history of the English people. Bachrach provides a spare, straightforward translation, with a short introduction, a brief bibliography, map, and genealogy.īede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, trans. The Book of the History of the Franks opens with the standard origin story from Troy, but then jumps into Merovingian politics of the 6th and 7th centuries. Liber Historia Francorum, Coronado Press, 1973. The opening fragment, The Ruin, is particularly haunting.īachrach, Bernard, trans. There is a selection from Beowulf, some riddles (another borrowing of Tolkien’s), and other pieces. A collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry, brief and epic, that spans the eighth to the eleventh centuries. Allot also includes a chronology, some maps, a couple of illustrations.Īlexander, Michael, trans., The Earliest English Poems, Penguin Books, 1991. Because of the arrangement the letters are not in chronological order. Each chapter is introduced with a few paragraphs giving the context of the letters. Allott has divided the letters into thirteen chapters of different phases of Alcuin’s life.
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More than 150 of Alcuin’s letters, and one poem. Alcuin, Allott, Stephen, trans., Alcuin of York: His Life and Letters, William Sessions, Ltd., 1987.