BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following list is intended to serve both as a brief bibliography of important collections of mediæval documents and as an explanation of the references. In the case of the more important collections and works a brief comment is added. Many titles are omitted where the reference in the text is clear and the work is not of general importance.
1. LARGE COLLECTIONS; NATIONAL
- M. G. Monumenta Germaniæ Historica; SS., LL., DD., refer to the divisions Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, according to which the work is arranged; folio, 4to, refer to the two forms of the collection.
- Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum; chronicles reprinted in 8vo from M. G. SS.
- Jaffé, Bibliotheca rerum Germanicarum; 6 vols.
- Böhmer, Fontes rerum Germanicarum; 4 vols.
- Böhmer-Ficker-Winkelmann, Regesta. Summaries of imperial documents with indications of the places where they are to be found.
- Bouquet Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France. French collection of mediæval sources, in 23 vols.
- Documents inédits sur l’histoire de France.
- Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores; collection of chronicles relating chiefly to the history of Italy in the Middle Age, in 28 vols.
- Rolls series, Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores, or chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages. Published under the direction of the Master of the Rolls.
- Rymer, Foedera; English public documents, 20 vols.
2. LARGE COLLECTIONS; ECCLESIASTICAL AND PAPAL
- Migne, Patrologia; Cursus completus patrologiæ.... Series Latina; acts and writings of the fathers and popes, 221 vols.
- Mansi, Conciliorum amplissima collectio.
- Hefele, Conciliengeschichte; quotes or cites in translation many decrees of councils; 9 vols.
- Baronius, Annales ecclesiastici; collection of chronicles relating to the history of the Roman Catholic church, published in 1598.
- Raynaldus, Annales; continuation of Baronius.
- Watterich, Pontificum Romanorum vitæ; lives of the popes, 9th to 13th centuries.
- Bullarium Romanum; collection of papal bulls, 450–1550 A.D.
- Corpus juris canonici; collection of decrees of councils and popes, forming the body of the canon or church law.
- Liber diurnus; collection of forms of papal documents, letters, grants, bulls, etc., to serve as models for the papal secretaries.
- Duchesne, Liber pontificalis.
3. SPECIAL TOPICS, SELECTED DOCUMENTS, ETC.
- Die Chroniken der deutschen Städte vom 14. bis ins 16. Jahrh.; 22 vols.
- Huilliard-Bréholles, Historica diplomatica Friderici secundi; 12 vols.
- Doeberl, Monumenta Germaniæ Selecta; selected documents referring to the history of Germany, vols. 3–5, 1037–1250 A.D.
- Altmann und Bernheim, Ausgewählte Urkunden; selected documents referring to the history of Germany in the Middle Age.
- Breslau, Diplomata Centum; a collection of one hundred documents illustrating mediæval diplomatics.