Medieval History Texts in Translation
This section includes a selection of medieval primary texts, translated into English by Graham A. Loud (Professor of Medieval History, University of Leeds). Almost all of the texts selected and edited for this project appear in English translation for the first time, and in some cases, the translation here is entirely new and has been made without reference to previous versions.
These texts should be regarded very much as works in progress. They are made publicly available for study and teaching, but any use made of them should be properly acknowledged, and any quotation in print confined to short extracts only. The copyright remains with the author of these translations.
If you have any queries, please contact the editor, Graham A. Loud (G.A.Loud@leeds.ac.uk).
The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
- The Annals of Bari, 1035-1102
- The Deeds of Robert Guiscard by William of Apulia
- The Chronicle of St Clement of Casauria by John Berard.
The Deeds of Count Roger of Sicily by Geoffrey Malaterra, Parts 1-4:
The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
The texts relating to this topic, formerly displayed on this page, can be found in:
- G. A. Loud, Roger II and the Creation of the Kingdom of Sicily (Manchester Medieval Sources, Manchester University Press, published in January 2012). Brotherton Library reference.
- G.A. Loud & Thomas Wiedemann, The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus', 1154-69 (Manchester Medieval Sources, 1998). Brotherton Library reference.
The Crusades
- Contemporary Letters and Texts concerning the Second Crusade
- The Conquest of the Holy Land by Saladin
- The Tract about the Places and Conditions of the Holy Land
- Contemporary Documents concerning the Fourth Crusade and the Latin Empire of Constantinople
- A Letter of Jacques de Vitry, 1216/17
- Letters concerning the Crusader States during the Pontificates of Honorius III and Gregory IX
- Estoire d’ Eracles: the Old French Continuation of William of Tyre
Germany 1075-1288
- The Saxon War, by Bruno of Merseburg (extracts)
- An Account of the Election of Lothar III
- The Weingarten History of the Welfs
- The Chronicle of Otto of St. Blasien, 1184-98
- The Marbach Annals, 1189-1200
- The Chronicle of Burchard of Urspberg, 1196-1212
- The Deeds of the Bishops of Utrecht, 1212-27
- The Royal Chronicle of Cologne, 1222-49
- The Annals of Herman of Niederaltaich, 1236-60
- The Battle of Worrigen, 1288.