History - Medieval/Middle Ages

History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)

active 796 Nennius

Nennius’s Historia Brittonum is a medieval compilation that seeks to preserve the fragmented memory of…

Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History

Paul Vinogradoff

The work is a scholarly collection of essays on the social and legal structures of medieval England, focused…

The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death

Francis Aidan Gasquet

This work is a scholarly history of the Black Death as it unfolded in England, written by Francis Aidan…

Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great, Part 2 continues the sweeping historical tragedy that dramatizes…

The Mediæval Hospitals of England

Rotha Mary Clay

The work is a scholarly survey of England’s medieval charitable institutions, especially those labelled…

Arts and crafts in the Middle Ages: a description of mediaeval workmanship in several of the departments of applied art, together with some account of special artisans in the early Renaissance

Julia de Wolf Addison

Julia de Wolf Addison’s work is a scholarly survey of medieval craftsmanship, framed as a corrective to the…

The Byzantine Empire

Charles Oman

The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly survey of the Byzantine Empire, written by Charles Oman and first…

Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy

Charles W. David

The work is a scholarly biography of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, placed firmly…

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 3 (of 3)

Leonard Williams

The volume is a scholarly survey of Spain’s medieval textile industry, focusing on the decorative arts that…

Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages

James J. Walsh

Old‑Time Makers of Medicine is a scholarly survey of medieval physicians, surgeons, dentists and scholars,…

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509. Volume 4 (of 6) New Complete Library Edition

The Paston Letters, A.D. 1422‑1509, Volume 4 of the six‑volume New Complete Library Edition, presents a…

History of the Jews, Vol. 3 (of 6)

Heinrich Graetz

A Short History of Italy (476-1900)

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Henry Dwight Sedgwick’s A Short History of Italy is a concise, outline‑style survey that spans from the…

The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of Ælfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I.

Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric

The volume presents the first part of Ælfric’s Homilies, a collection of Anglo‑Saxon sermons that were…

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

Benjamin, of Tudela, active 12th century

The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403)

Herbert Adams Gibbons

Herbert Adams Gibbons offers a scholarly survey of the rise of the Ottoman, or Osmanli, state from its…

The Forme of Cury: A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390

Samuel Pegge

The Forme of Cury is a medieval culinary manuscript, compiled in England around 1390 and presented here in a…

The Swiss Republic

Boyd Winchester

The work is a scholarly survey of Swiss political development, written by Boyd Winchester and organized as a…

Mediæval London, Volume 1: Historical & Social

Walter Besant

Sweden

Victor Alfred Nilsson

Victor Alfred Nilsson’s work is a comprehensive survey of Sweden’s geography, natural resources, and early…

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work.

C. Raymond Beazley

The Magna Carta

Anonymous

This work is a facsimile of the 13th‑century charter that King John issued to his subjects, commonly known as…

Canute the Great, 995 (circa)-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age

Laurence Marcellus Larson

Laurence Marcellus Larson’s study is a scholarly biography that places King Cnut the Great at the centre of a…

Life on a Mediaeval Barony A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century

William Stearns Davis