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.
GLOSSARY
This list is meant to include only technical terms which occur frequently in the text. Terms which are familiar, and those which are used only once or twice and explained in the text, are therefore not included.