Index of Electronic Texts
Public domain etexts here at the Medieval History site
These online texts are provided by your Guide here at the Medieval History site. All works are in the public domain and may be freely read, printed, downloaded and distributed.
Primary Sources in Translation
These documents are modern English translations of texts written during the Middle Ages.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- by multiple authors
- Translated by Rev. James Ingram, with additional segments translated by Dr. J.A. Giles.
- Description of the Methods Adopted by the Duke Valentino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina Orsini
- by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Translated by W. K. Marriott; presented on one page.
- The Description of Wales
- by Geraldus Cambrensis
- From the 1912 edition by J. M. Dent. Presented in two books comprising 38 chapters and two prefaces.
- Historia Calamitatum, or, The Story of My Misfortunes
- by Peter Abelard
- Translated by Henry Adams Bellows, with an introduction by Ralph Adams Cram. Presented in fifteen chapters, an introduction, a foreword and an appendix.
- History of the Britons
- by Nennius
- Translated by J.A. Giles; presented in 66 sections on eighteen pages.
- History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy from the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent
- by Niccolò Machiavelli
- With an introduction by Hugo Albert Rennert, Ph.D., from a Universal Classics Library edition, published in 1901. No translator was given. Presented in eight books comprising 55 chapters and an introduction.
- The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales
- by Geraldus Cambrensis
- From the 1912 edition by J. M. Dent. Presented in two books comprising 27 chapters, an introduction, two prefaces and separate page of annotations.
- The Life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca
- by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Translated by W. K. Marriott; presented on one page.
- The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
- by Richard de Bury
- Translated by E. C. Thomas; from the Chatto & Windus Publication, London, 1909. In 20 chapters, a preface and a prologue.
- The Prince
- by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Translated by W. K. Marriott; presented in 26 chapters, with a dedication and an introduction providing a list of Machiavelli's works.
- On the Ruin of Britain
- by Gildas the Wise
- Translated by by J.A. Giles; presented in 26 sections on seven pages.
Secondary Sources
These documents are public-domain texts written after the Middle Ages.
- The 1911 Encyclopedia
- by multiple authors
- A small but growing selection of articles relating to medieval studies from the 1911 edition of an excellent encyclopedia. Though the point of view reflected may be somewhat outdated, the content is for the most part surprisingly accurate.
- The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
- by Jacob Burckhardt
- The significant 1860 social history of Renaissance Italy, translated by S. G. C. Middlemore in 1878. In six parts and 48 chapters.
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- by multiple authors
- An index of online public-domain texts produced by the Library of Congress from research conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
- Heraldic terminology defined, from the 1908 publication of the authoritative resoruce. Definitions have been heavily cross-hyperlinked by your Guide.
- Symbolisms of Heraldry
- by W. Cecil Wade
- A selection of symbolic meanings for the colors, lines, and charges used in heraldry, extracted from the 1898 publication of Wade's The Symbolisms of Heraldry or A Treatise on the Meanings and Derivations of Armorial Bearings.
Every effort has been made to present these texts accurately and cleanly, but no guarantees are made against errors. Neither Melissa Snell nor About.com may be held liable for any problems you experience with the text version or with any electronic form of these documents.
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