The Sources And Literature of English History from The Earliest Times to About 1485

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The Sources And Literature of English History from The Earliest Times to About 1485

More than 3234 closely classified titles with general index. (Numbered to 3234, but actually more because of insertions.)

• by Charles Gross (1857-1909)
• published by Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1900.
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Table of Contents

• PART I GENERAL AUTHORITIES

• Chapter I INTRODUCTORY

• 1. HISTORICAL METHOD, Page 1
• 2. BIBLIOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF THE SOURCES, Page 3

• a. Europe, Page 3
• b. England's Continental Neighbours, Page 5
• c. Great Britain General History, Page 5

• Treatises etc., Page 6
• Catalogues etc., Page 8

• d. Great Britain: Local History, Page 9

• General, Page 9
• County Bibliographies, Page 10

• 3. JOURNALS REVIEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES, Page 11

• a. General Journals and Reviews, Page 12
• b. General Proceedings of Societies, Page 13
• c. Local Journals Societies, etc., Page 15

• Bedfordshire Yorkshire, Page 15

• Chapter II Auxiliaries to historical Study

• 4 PHILOLOGY DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES, Page 23

• a. English, Page 24
• b. French, Page 25
• c. Latin, Page 26

• 5 CHRONOLOGY, Page 27
• 6 PAL EOGRAPHY AND DIPLOMATICS, Page 28

• a. Manuals and Treatises, Page 29
• b. Facsimiles, Page 32

• 7 SPHRAGISTICS AND HERALDRY, Page 34

• a. Sphragistics, Page 34
• b. Heraldry, Page 35

• 8 BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY, Page 37

• a. Bibliographies and Journals, Page 37
• b. Dictionaries Guides etc, Page 38
• c. Peerages, Page 38
• d. Royalty Chancellors Justices etc, Page 40
• e. History of Names, Page 41

• 9 GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY, Page 42

• a. Treatises, Page 43
• b. Dictionaries and Gazetteers, Page 43
• c. Historical Atlases, Page 44

• 10 NUMISMATICS, Page 45

• a. Bibliographies and Journals, Page 45
• b. General Treatises, Page 46
• c. Particular Periods , Page47

• 11 ARCHAEOLOGY AND ART, Page 48

• a. Antiquities, Page 48
• b. Architecture, Page 51
• c. Costume Armour and Weapons, Page 53

• Chapter III THE ARCHIVES

• 12 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE AND HISTORY OF PUBLIC RECORDS, Page 55
• 13 THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND OTHER REPOSITORIES, Page 62

• a. General, Page 63
• b. London, Page 63

• The British Museum, Page 64
• College of Arms Inns of Court etc, Page 65

• c. Oxford and Cambridge, Page 66

• Bodleian Library, Page 66
• Oxford Colleges, Page 67
• Cambridge, Page 67

• Chapter IV PRINTED COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES

• 14 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, Page 69
• 15 PUBLICATIONS OF SOCIETIES, Page 71

• a. General, Page 71
• b. Local, Page 74

• 16 COLLECTIONS PRIVATELY EDITED ETC, Page 78

• a. Chroniclers etc, Page 78
• b. Church History Acta Sanctorum, Page 84
• c. Church History Collections of Records, Page 86

• Chapter V MODERN WRITERS

• 17 GENERAL TREATISES, Page 90

• a. General History, Page 90
• b. Constitutional History, Page 91
• c. Legal History, Page 93

• 18 THE CROWN PARLIAMENT AND TAXATION, Page 95
• 19 THE FORESTS, Page 97
• 20 JUSTICE AND POLICE, Page 98
• 21 THE ARMY AND NAVY, Page 100
• 22 TENURES OF LAND AND CLASSES OF SOCIETY, Page 102
• 23 THE CHURCH, Page 104

• a. General, Page 104
• b. Synods Convocation and Canon Law, Page 106
• c. Tithes and Church Rates, Page 108
• d. Monasticism, Page 109
• e. Bishops, Cathedrals, Courts, etc., Page, Page 111

• 24 LOCAL HISTORY INCLUDING IRELAND AND WALES, Page 113

• a. General, Page 114
• b. Particular Counties Boroughs Manors etc, Page 117

• Bedfordshire Yorkshire, Page 117

• 25 COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, Page 151

• a. General, Page 151
• b. Particular Subjects, Page 152

• 26 SOCIAL HISTORY, Page 155

• Part II. Celtic, Roman, and Germanic Origins

• Chapter I PREHISTORIC AND CELTIC TIMES

• 27 PREHISTORIC RACES AND GENERAL WORKS ON EARLY ETHNOLOGY, Page 157
• 28 THE CELTS, Page 159

• Chapter II THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN

• 29 GREEK AND ROMAN WRITERS ETC, Page 161
• 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS INSCRIPTIONS ETC, Page 163
• 31 MODERN WRITERS POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, Page 166

• Chapter III THE EARLY GERMANS

• 32 SOURCES THE GERMANIA OF TACITUS ETC, Page 169
• 33 MODERN WRITERS, Page 171

• PART III THE ANGLO SAXON PERIOD

• Chapter I ORIGINAL SOURCES

• 34 CHRONICLES AND ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES, Page 175
• 35 OLD NORSE SAGAS, Page 192

• a. Collections, Page 193
• b. Particular Sagas, Page 194

• 36 LAWS, Page 195

• a. Collective Editions, Page 198

• Anglo Saxon Laws, Page 198
• Brehon and Welsh Laws, Page 199

• b. Private Compilations England, Page 201

• Isolated Pieces, Page 201
• Latin Law Books, Page 202

• 37 CHARTERS AND OTHER DIPLOMATA, Page 204
• 38 ECCLESIASTICAL SOURCES, Page 207

• a. Canons Penitentials etc , Page208
• b. Homilies, Page 210
• c. Monastic Rules, Page 211
• d. Vit E et Epistol , Page213

• General, Page 213
• Alcuin Wilfrid, Page 214

• 39 MISCELLANEOUS POETRY ETC, Page 223

• a. Poetry, Page 223

• Anglo Saxon Poems, Page 223
• Norse Welsh and Irish Poems, Page 224

• b. Glossaries Inscriptions etc , Page225

• England, Page 225
• Ireland and Wales, Page 226

• Chapter II MODERN WRITERS FACE

• 40 GENERAL, Page 228
• 41 FROM THE CONQUEST TO EGBERT'S SUPREMACY, Page 230
• 42 FROM EGBERT TO 1066, Page 232
• 43 THE MAEGTH LAND LAWS AND CLASSES OF SOCIETY, Page 234
• 44 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Page 236

• a. The Vill and the Manor, Page 236
• b. Borough Hundred Shire etc, Page 238

• 45 JUSTICE AND POLICE, Page 239
• 46 THE CROWN THE WITAN TAXATION ETC, Page 241
• 47 THE CHURCH, Page 242

• a. General, Page 242
• b. The Celtic Church, Page 243
• c. Conversion of England Monasticism etc, Page 244
• d. Biography Lives of Saints etc, Page 245

• General, Page 245
• Elfric Willibrord, Page 245

• Part IV. FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO ABOUT , Page1485

• Chapter I ORIGINAL SOURCES

• 48 CHRONICLES AND ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES, Page 252

• a. General Collections, Page 257
• b. Alphabetical Table, Page 259

• 49 LAW WRITERS, Page 312

• a. Principal Treatises, Page 313
• b. Short Tracts, Page 317

• 50 THE EXCHEQUER AND REVENUE, Page 318

• a. Domesday Book and Supplementary Surveys, Page 319

• General, Page 320
• Bedfordshire Yorkshire, Page 322

• b. The Dialogus and Exchequer Books, Page 327
• c. Pipe Rolls, Page 328

• General, Page 329
• Cumberland Wiltshire, Page 329

• d. Expenditure and Receipt Rolls, Page 331
• e. Wardrobe and Household Accounts etc, Page 333
• f. Taxation or Subsidy Rolls, Page 334

• General, Page 335
• Cornwall-Yorkshire, Page 336

• g. Memoranda Originalia and Fine Rolls, Page 340
• h. Miscellaneous Ministers Accounts etc, Page 342

• 51 PRIVY COUNCIL PARLIAMENT AND LEGISLATION, Page 344

• a. Writs Petitions and Proceedings, Page 344
• b. Legislative Acts, Page 347

• Laws of William I and Charters of Liberties, Page 348
• The Statutes, Page 350

• c. Modus Tenendi Parliamentum, Page 351

• 52 THE CENTRAL COURTS, Page 352

• a. General, Page 354
• b. Particular Counties, Page 358

• Cambridgeshire-Yorkshire, Page 358

• 53 FOREIGN RELATIONS ROYAL LETTERS AND GRANTS, Page 363

• a. General, Page 365
• b. Particular Countries, Page 369

• France, Page 369
• Italy, Page 371
• Ireland , Page371
• Scotland, Page 372
• Wales, Page 373

• 54 THE ARMY AND NAVY, Page 373
• 55 FEUDAL TENURES INQUESTS POST MORTEM ETC, Page 377

• a. General, Page 379
• b. Particular Counties, Page 381

• Cheshire-Yorkshire, Page 381

• 56 THE CHURCH, Page 385

• a. MONASTICISM , Page385
• b. Taxation Rolls etc, Page 388
• c. Pontificals Homilies Gilds etc, Page 389
• d. VitAEm Epistol, et Opera, Page 390

• General, Page 390
• Alexander III Wyclif, Page 391

• 57 LOCAL RECORDS AND LOCAL ANNALS, Page 400

• a. Bedfordshire-z Yorkshire, Page 403

• 58 MISCELLANEOUS POETRY ETC, Page 468

• a. Poetry, Page 468

• General Political Poems etc, Page 468
• Chaucer, Page 470
• Gower, Page 470
• Langland, Page 471
• Lewis Glyn Cothi, Page 471
• Map, Page 471
• Minot , Page472

• b. Household Books and Letters, Page 472
• c. Wills and Deeds, Page 473
• d. Universities and Inns of Court, Page 475

• Oxford: General, Page 475
• Oxford: Particular Colleges, Page 476
• Cambridge, Page 476
• London Lincoln's Inn, Page 477

• e. Commerce Industry and Agriculture, Page 477

• Chapter II MODERN WRITERS

• 59 GENERAL, Page 479
• 60 WILLIAM I - RICHARD 1, Page 480
• 61 THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY, Page 483
• 62 THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY, Page 485

• a. Edward II and Edward III The Black Death etc, Page 485
• b. Richard II The Uprising of 1381 etc, Page 487

• 63 THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, Page 489

• a. General, Page 489
• b. Henry IV and Henry V, Page 489
• c. Henry VI and Edward IV , Page491
• d. Richard III, Page 492

• 64 THE CROWN AND THE KING'S COUNCIL, Page 493
• 65 PARLIAMENT AND LEGISLATION, Page 494
• 66 THE EXCHEQUER TAXATION AND REVENUE, Page 498
• 67 JUSTICE AND POLICE, Page 500
• 68 THE ARMY AND NAVY, Page 503
• 69 TENURES OF LAND AND CLASSES OF SOCIETY, Page 504

• a. Law of Inheritance, Page 504
• b. The Nobility Feudalism and Knighthood, Page 505

• General, Page 505
• Family History and Peerage Cases, Page 506

• c. Villeins, Page 509
• d. Jews, Page 510

• 70 THE CHURCH, Page 512

• a. General The Papacy etc, Page 512
• b. Monasticism, Page 514

• Cistercians, Page 515
• Cluniacs, Page 515
• Friars, Page 515
• Military Orders, Page 516

• c. Biography, Page 517

• Anselm Wykeham, Page 517

• 71 EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES AND ROMAN LAW, Page 525

• a. Oxford and Cambridge, Page 525
• b. Eton Winchester Inns of Court etc, Page 528
• c. The Study and Influence of Roman Law, Page 528

• 72 BOROUGHS COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, Page 519

• Appendices:

• A. Records of the deputy keeper of the public records. Page 533
• B. The Historical mss. commission. Page 534
• C. Rolls series. Page 540
• D. Chronological tables of the principal sources. Page 548
• Index, Page 555

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