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Recommended Primary Sources

• The Law of the Salian Franks
• Asser: Life of King Alfred
• Rule of St. Benedict, c. 530
• Three Sources on the Ravages of the Northmen in Frankland, c. 843-912

Anglo-Saxon England: Forwarding Learning and Law

Texts:

• Bede: The Conversion of England
• Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book I
• The Anglo-Saxon Dooms, 560-975
• Alfred and Guthrum's Peace
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on Alfred the Great

Image:

• Bede

Charlemagne and the Carolingians: A New European Empire

Texts:

• Charlemagne: General Capitulary of the Missi, 802
• Alcuin: Lament for a Cuckoo
• Charlemagne: Letter to Baugulf of Fulda, c. 780-800

Images:

• The Coronation of Charlemagne
• Palatine Chapel

Struggle for Order in the Church

Text:

• The Foundation Charter of Cluny, 910

Image:

• St. Benedict

Order Interrupted: Vikings and Other Invaders

Texts:

• Ordinance of Louis the Pious: Division of the Empire of the Year 817
• The Saga of Eric the Red: The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson, c. 1000
• The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway: Saga of Olaf Haraldson

Image:

• Map of the Divisions of the Carolingian Empire

Manors and Feudal Ties: Order Emerging from Chaos

Texts:

• Domesday Book: Hecham, 1086
• Peter the Venerable and St. Bernard of Clairvaux: On the Keeping of Serfs, c. 1120
• The Dialogue Between Master and Disciple: On Laborers, c. 1000
• Fief Ceremonies, 12th ct.
• Feudal Oaths of Fidelity
• A Husband's Endowment of His Future Wife on Their Betrothal: South Burgundy, 994