Internet Medieval Sourcebook Selected Sources: Early Germanic Peoples and States
Contents
Romanized (Christian) GothsVandals Ostrogoths Visigoths --In Gaul --In Spain - Third Council of Toledo: The Visigoth Conversion to Catholicism 589 PDF [At Catholic Culture] [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Creed of the Council of Toledo, 675
- Professions of Faith Extracted from Jews on Baptism, Visigothic and Byzantine
- Fourth Council of Toledo:Division of the Tithe in Spain, 633
- The Jews of Spain and the Visigothic Code, 654-681
- The Visigothic Code (Forum iudicum) ed. and trans. by S.P. Scott PDF (Print edition: Boston Book Company, 1910) [Alsohere at Internet Archive]. Also available inLatin [At MDZ]
- The Visigothic Code (Book II: On Justice), trans Ralph W. Ewton (MA Thesis, 1961) PDF [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Isidore of Seville (c.560-636): Chronicon, trans. Kenneth Wolf (2004), full text [At Tertullian] [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Isidore of Seville (c.560-636): The Etymologies, trans.Ernest Brehaut (1912), very long excerpts/full text, PDF [Internet Archive versionhere]
- La necrópolis de época visigoda de Castiltierra (Segovia) 1932-1935 Materiales conservados en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional (The Visigothic necropolis of Castiltierra (Segovia) Excavations directed by E. Camps and J. M.ª de Navascués, 1932-1935. Materials preserved in the National Archaeological Museum) [Internet Archive]
Lombards
Non-Christian GermansFranks - The Ripuarian Law:Inheritance of Allodial Land, c. 450
- Tomb of Childeric, modern archeological report [At ArchEurope] [internet Archive versionhere]
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):On Clovis and the Vase at Soissons, fromHistory of the Franks, Book II. These are different selections than in Tierney. Geary has much longer selection from Books II and IX, from a copyrighted translation, but see next item. See alsoCatholic Encyclopedia: The Franks
- The Conversion of Clovis: Two Accounts, 496
by The Chronicle of St. Denis, and Gregory of Tours. - Gregory of Tours (539-594):History of the Franks, 6th century. Complete text of Earnest Brehaut's abridged translation 1916.
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):History of the Franks, 6th century. Complete text of O.M. Dalton's complete 1927 translation 1927 PDF [At Internet Acrchive]
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):The Conversion of Clovis, fromHistory of the Franks, Book II..
- Fifth Council of Orleans:Concerning Freedmen, 549
- Gregory of Tours:Enslaving Noble Families, 511
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Church Exemption from Taxation, c. 570
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Exemption of Tours from Poll Tax, c. 585
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Exemption of the Church in Clermont from Royal Taxes, c. 590
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Harsh Treatment of Serfs and Slaves, c. 575
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Opposition to Royal Taxation, c. 575-580
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Episodes of Medieval Warfare from the History of the Franks [At De Re Militari] [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Remigius of Reims:Letter to Clovis [at Lincoln] [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Avitus : Letter 46 to Clovis [See article by Danuta Shanzerhere] [Internet Archive versionhere]
- Gregory of Tours (539-594):Life of St. Gall, fromLives of the Fathers, (539-594).
- Law of the Salian Franks
- Dado of Rouen:The Life of Eligius, 588-660 CE, trans, Jo Ann McNamara.
- St. Eligius:Redemption of Slaves, c. 630
- Tolls on the Rhône, c. 630
- Dagobert, King of the Franks:Grant of an Estate to Monks of St. Denis, 635
- Testament of St Bercharius establising the Abbey of Montierender, 663 [At Wikisource]
Anglo-Saxons Northlands/Scandinavia
German Cultures
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