# A Source Book of Mediæval History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance

Author: Ogg, Frederic Austin, 1878-1951 [Editor]

Genre: Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39227

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Source+Book+of+Medi%C3%A6val+History+Documents+Illustrative+of+European+Life+and+Ogg&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

One of the most important steps in the expansion of the Roman Republic was the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar just before the middle of the first century B.C. Through this conquest Rome entered deliberately upon the policy of extending her dominion northward from the Mediterranean and the Alps into the regions of western and central Europe known to us to-day as France and Germany. By their wars in this direction the Romans were brought into contact with peoples concerning whose manner of life they had hitherto known very little. There were two great groups of these peoples--the Gauls and the Germans--each divided and subdivided into numerous tribes and clans. In general it may be said...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.--THE AGE OF CHARLEMAGNE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV.--THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.--THE CONFLICT OVER INVESTITURE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.--THE ERA OF THE LATER CAROLINGIANS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.--THE FEUDAL SYSTEM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.--THE PAPACY AND THE TEMPORAL POWERS IN THE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.--THE MONASTIC REFORMATION OF THE TENTH, ELEVENTH,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.--THE CRUSADES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI.--THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.--THE EMPIRE IN THE TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, AND](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.--THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.--UNIVERSITIES AND STUDENT LIFE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.--MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.--THE NORMAN CONQUEST](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.--THE FRIARS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.--THE EARLY FRANKS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII.--FORESHADOWINGS OF THE REFORMATION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.--ALFRED THE GREAT IN WAR AND IN PEACE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.--THE VISIGOTHIC INVASION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.--THE ANGLES AND SAXONS IN BRITAIN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.--THE GREAT CHARTER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.--THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY OF](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.--THE REIGN OF SAINT LOUIS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.--THE EARLY GERMANS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.--THE HUNS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.--THE ORDEAL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-source-book-of-medi-val-history-documents-illustrative-of-eur-361cfd42/chapters/11/index.md)