Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Selected Sources: East-Central and Eastern Europe
Contents
General
Bulgaria
- Chronicle of 811 About the Emperor Nikephoros and how he leaves his bones in Bulgaria, from Ed. I. Dujcev, Travaux et Mémoires 1 (1965), 205-54 at 210-16. [Was At Paul Stephenson, now Internet Archive]
- Pope Nicholas I: Responses to the Questions of
the Bulgars A.D. 866 (Letter 99), trans. W. North, full text.
- Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (Ljetopis' Popa Dukljanina) + Chaps 30-35 and Chap 36 , trans. Paul Stephenson [Was At Paul Stephenson, now Internet Archive]
With an account of the Battle of Kleidion, 29 July 1014.
"Also known as the Bar Genealogy, was originally composed in Slavonic in the late
twelfth century, but has been preserved only in a sixteenth-century Latin translation. It
was probably the work of Grgur (Gregory), bishop of Bar from 1172 to c. 1196, who
championed the rights of the bishopric of Bar to preside over all the lands south of the
river Cetina. A Major source for the Balkan history of the period."
Serbia
Rus' and Russia
Rus'
Russia
- Medieval Russia's epics, chronicles, and tales, ed Serge A. Zenkovsky (1963) [At Internet Archive]
- The Chronicle of Nestor.
- The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016–1471, excerpts.
- The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016–1471, full text, trans Robert Michel and Nevill Forbes [At Internet Archive]
- Privileges Granted to German Merchants at
Novgorod, 1229
- The Russian Primary Chronicle Laurentian Text.
Translated and edited by Samuel Hazard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetor, full text PDF [At MFH] [Internet Archive version here]
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Russian Primary Chronicle: Ruskaia Pravda. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
An early Law code
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Nestor: The Martyrdom of Boris and Gleb, d. 1015. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Russian Primary Chronicle: The Christianisation of Russia, 988. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Russian Primary Chronicle: The Varangians (Normans). [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Russian Primary Chronicle: Prince Oleg's Campaign Against Constantinople. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Daniel (1106-1107): The Pilgrimage of the Russian Abbot Daniel in the Holy Land, 1106-1107 A.D., annotated by
Sir C. W.Wilson (London, 1895) [At Holy Fire [Internet Archive version here]
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Metropolitan Hilarion: Sermon on Law and Grace. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Russian Primary Chronicle: The Testament of Vladimir Monomakh. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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The Lay of Igor's Raid. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Life, Acts, and Miracles of Sergius of Radonezh,
(c.1314-1392). [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
- Friar John of Plano Carpini: Description of Mongol warfare from Friar John of Plano Carpini (1247) [At De Re Militari] [Internet Archive version here]
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Description of the Tartars [Mongols], 13th century
- Filofei: Moscow as the Third Rome.
[Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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Prince Andrew Kurbskii: First Epistle Written to the Tsar and Grand Prince of Moscow in Consequence of His Fierce Persecution . [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
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The Domostroi: How to Educate Children and Bring Them Up In the Fear of God, excerpts, mid-16th century. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
- Peter Moghila of Kiev (1596-1646): Orthodox Confession of the Faith. Perhaps the most Western "Orthodox" confession ever
written. [Internet Acrhive]
- Letter from Ivan the Terrible to Elizabeth I. [At Internet Archive]
- THE LIFE OF SAINT PETER, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW [Internet Archive]
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The Code of Law of 1649 (Ulozhenie), excerpts. [Was At Univ.Durham, now at Internet Archive]
Poland and Lithuania
Poland
Lithuania
Czech Lands
Hungary
- Viking
and Hungarian Raiders late 9th Cent. [Internet Archive, was at Hillsdale]
- Liudprand of Cremona (c.920-972): The Battle of Lechfeld 910 from Antapodasis, Book II, Chaps. 1-5
- Widukind (c. 925 - after 973): The Battle of Lechfeld 955, from Deeds of the Saxons, or Three Books of Annals
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Bishop Hartvic: The Life of King Stephen of Hungary, was written under King Coloman (1096-1116) [At UFL] [Internet Archive version here]
- The Gesta Hungarorum, the Anonymous Notary of King Bela (c. 1200), trans. Martyn Rady, full text [AT UCL] [Internet Archive version here]
The oldest extant chronicle of Hungary.
- The Battle of Stillfried, 1278, from the Gesta Hungarorum [At De Re Militari] [Internet Archive version here]
- Warfare in Fourteenth Century Hungary, from the Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum [At De Re Militari] [Internet Archive version here]
- Chronicon Pictum (Illuminated Chronicle or Vienna Illuminated Chronicle) (14th Centuy) [Wikipedia]. Facsimile [At Internet Acrhive]
A illustrated chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from the 14th century and the court of King Louis I of Hungary
- WEB Online Decreta Regni Mediaevalis Hungariae. The Laws of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary [At Utah State] [Internet Archive backup here]
This is the online, revised and updated edition of the five volumes of DRHM published between 1989 and 2013. It contains the complete corpus of statute law of Hungary from 1000 to 1526 AD, and the collection of customary law of 1517 (Tripartitum) for the first time in the Latin original with an annotated English translation.
Romanians
- Letter of Neacşu (1521) [At Cimec] [Internet Archive version here]
The first example of writing in Romanian.
Northern Crusades
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