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Understanding Medieval Primary Sources: Using Historical Sources to Discover Medieval Europe book cover

2nd Edition

Understanding Medieval Primary Sources Using Historical Sources to Discover Medieval Europe

Edited By Joel T. Rosenthal Copyright 2027
440 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

440 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Medieval society has left us many kinds of written and visual material, such as last wills, sermons, frescoes, weapons, and jewellery. This collection of essays introduces students to this impressive range and offers a better understanding of how such sources can be used to reveal fascinating details about medieval Europe. As medieval studies have continued to evolve, the second edition of... Read more

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Introduction to Second Edition

Introduction to First Edition

Part I Generic Sources. 

1. Royal and Secular Biography Ralph A. Griffiths 

2. Vernacular Chronicles and Narrative Sources in Medieval England Lister M. Matheson  (updated by Lisa M. Ruch)

3. The Medieval Sermon: Text, Performance, and Insight Anne T. Thayer 

4. Wills as Primary Sources Shona Kelly Wray and Roisin Cossar 

5. Letters and Letter Collections Joel T. Rosenthal 

Part II Topical Sources.   

6. Writing Military History from Narrative Sources: Norman Battlefield Tactics, ca. 1000 Bernard Bachrach (updated by David Bachrach)

7. Historians and Inquisitors: Testimonies from the Early Inquisitions into Heretical Depravity Mark G. Pegg 

8. Sources of Royal Rituals and King-Making Jinty Nelson  (updated by Ralph A. Griffiths )

9. The Sources for Manorial and Rural History Philip Slavin 

10. Sources for Medieval Maritime History Maryanne Kowaleski 

11. The Sources of Urban History Caroline M. Barron 

12. Sources for the Study of Public Health in the Medieval City Carole Rawcliffe 

13.  Women’s History: Sources and Issues Katherine L. French 

14. Sources for Representative Institutions Hannes Kleineke 

15. The Documentary Sources for Late Antiquity Gregory Halfond 

16. Empires and Networks: Sources for Medieval Central Eurasia Anya King

17. The Medieval Islamic World: A Critical Introduction to Primary Sources Mohamad Ballan and Rosabel P. Ansari

18. Digital Approaches to Medieval Sources John McEwan

Part III The Visual and the Material. 

19. Images and Objects as Sources for Medieval History Sara Lipton 

20. Archaeology and History (in the United Kingdom) David Hinton 

Index

Biography

Joel T. Rosenthal spent his academic career teaching medieval history at Stony Brook University. As a productive medievalist, he has published on social history, was a founding co-editor of Medieval Prosopography, and remains a fellow of the Medieval Academy.

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