Bibliography of Primary Sources in English Translation for the Period c. 250-c. 1000
(in progress rev. 04/08)
Series
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, ed. P. Schaff and H. Wace, 28 vols. in 2 series (Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 1994 [Buffalo, 1886-89; New York, 1890-1900]) [ANCMED BR60.A62]
Fathers of the Church, 100 vols. to date (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1947- )
Translated Texts for Historians (University
of Liverpool
1 [1L]. Gregory of
2 [1G]. Claudius Mamertinus, John Chrysostom, and Ephrem the Syrian. The Emperor Julian: Panegyric and Polemic. Trans. S. N. C. Lieu (1986, 1989)
3 [2L]. Pacatus. Panegyric to the Emperor Theodosius. Trans. C. E. V. Nixon. (1987)
4 [3L]. Gregory of
5 [4L]. Gregory of
6 [5L]. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of the First Ninety Roman Bishops to AD 715. Trans. R. Davis. (1989)
7. Chronicon paschale 284-628 AD. Trans. M. Whitby and M. Whitby. (1989)
8. Iamblichus. On the Pythagorean Life. Trans. G. Clark. (1989)
9. Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval
10. Victor of Vita. History of the Vandal Persecution. Trans. J. Moorhead. (1992)
11. The Goths in the Fourth Century. Trans. P. J. Heather and J. Matthews. (1991)
12. Cassiodorus. The Variae
of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator: The Right Honourable and Illustrious Ex-Quaestor
of the Palace, Ex-Ordinary Consul, Ex-Master of
the Offices, Praetorian Prefect and Patrician: Being Documents of the
Kingdom of the Ostrogoths in
13. The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes (Liber pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of Nine Popes from A.D. 715 to A.D. 817. Trans. R. Davis. (1992, rev. 2000)
14. Eutropius (4 c.). The Breviarium ab urbe condita of Eutropius, The Right Honourable Secretary of State for General Petitions, Dedicated to Lord Valens, Gothicus Maximus and Perpetual Emperor. Trans. H. W. Bird. (1993)
15. The Seventh Century in the West Syrian Chronicles: Including Two Seventh-Century Syriac Apocalyptic Texts. Trans. A. Palmer, S. Brock, and R. Hoyland. (1993)
16. Vegetius. Vegetius: Epitome of Military Science. Trans. N. P. Milner. (1993, 1996)
17. Sextus Aurelius Victor. Liber de caesaribus of Sextus Aurelius Victor . Trans. H. W. Bird. (1994)
18. Bede. Bede: On the Tabernacle. Trans. A. G. Holder. (1994)
19. Caesarius of
20. The Lives of the Ninth-Century Popes (Liber pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of Ten Popes from A.D. 817-891. Trans. R. Davis. (1995)
21. Bede. Bede:
On the
22. [Pseudo-]Dionysius of Tel-Mahre (patriarch of the Jacobites, d. 845). Chronicle (known also as the Chronicle of Zuqnin): Part III. Trans. W. Witakowski. (1996)
23. Venantius Fortunatus. Venantius Fortunatus: Personal and Political Poems. Trans. J. George. (1995)
24. Donatist Martyr Stories: The Church
in Conflict in Roman North
25. Hilary (bishop of
26. Lives of the Visigothic Fathers. Trans. A. T. Fear. (1997)
27. Optatus (bishop of Mileve, 4 c.). Optatus: Against the Donatists . Trans. M. Edwards. (1997)
28. Bede. Bede: A Biblical Miscellany. Trans. W. T. Foley and A. G. Holder. (1999)
29. Bede. Bede: The Reckoning of Time. Trans. F. Wallis. (1999)
30. Ruricius (bishop of
31. Sebeos (bishop of Bagratunik, 7 c.). The Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos. Trans. R. Thomson, J. Howard-Johnston, and T. Greenwood. 2 vols. (1999)
32. Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite. The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite. Trans. F. R. Trombley and J. W. Watt. (2000)
33. Evagrius Scholasticus. The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus. Trans. M. Whitby. (2000)
34. Libanius.
35. Neoplatonic Saints: The Lives of Plotinus and Proclus by Their Students. Trans. M. Edwards. (2000)
36. Themistius. Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Select Orations of Themistius. Trans. P. Heather and D. Moncur. (2001)
37. A Christian's Guide to Greek Culture: The Pseudo-Nonnus 'Commentaries' on 'Sermons' 4, 5, 39 and 43 by Gregory of Nazianzus. Trans. J. N. Smith. (2001)
38. Avitus of
39. Constantine and Christendom: The
Oration to the Saints; The Greek and Latin Accounts of
the Discovery of the Cross; The Edict of
40. Lactantius, Lactantius: Divine Institutes. Trans. Anthony Bowen and Peter Garnsey. (2003)
41. Libanius, Libanius: Selected Letters from the Age of Constantius and Julian. Trans. Scott Bradbury. (2004)
42. Cassiodorus, Cassiodorus: Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning. Trans.
James W. Halporn and Mark Vessey.
(2004)
43. Ambrose of
44. The Chronicle of
45. Acts of the Council of
46. Nemesius, Nemesius: On the Nature of
47. Bede, On Ezra and Nehemiah. Trans. Scott DeGregorio. (2006)
48. Bede, Bede: On Genesis. Trans. Calvin B. Kendall. (2008)
49. The Formularies of
50. Sources for the Study of the
Penguin Classics
Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later
Adomnán of
Augustine, City of
Augustine, Confessions, trans. R. S. Pine-Coffin
Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, with Bede's letter to Egbert and Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede, trans. L. Sherley-Price and R. E Latham, rev. ed. (1990)
Beowulf, trans. M. Alexander (1973)
Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, trans. V. E. Watts
Einhard and Notker the Stammerer, Two Lives of Charlemagne, trans. L. Thorpe (1969)
Eusebius, The History of the Church from
Christ to
Gregory of
Justinian, The Digest of Roman Law: Theft, Rapine, Damage, and Insult, , trans. C. F. Kolbert
Procopius, The Secret History, trans. G. A. Williamson
The Age of Bede, trans. J. F. Webb and D.H. Farmer (1998)
[Lives of the abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow and The anonymous history of Abbot Ceolfrith]
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, trans. S. Keynes and M. Lapidge (1983)
Early Christian Lives, trans. C. White
[Athanasius's Life of Antony; St. Jerome's Life of Paul of Thebes, Life of Hilarion, and Life of Malchus; Sulpicius Severus's Life of Martin of Tours; and Pope Gregory the Great's Life of Benedict]
Early Christian Writings: The Apostolic Fathers, trans. M. Staniforth, rev. A. Louth
[The first epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. The epistles of Ignatius to: the Ephesians, the Magnesians, the Trallians, the Romans, the Philadelphians, the Smyrnaeans, Polycarp. The epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians. The Martyrdom of Polycarp. The epistle to Diognetus. The epistle of Barnabus. The Didache.]
Lives of the Saints, trans. J. F. Webb (1965)
[The Voyage of St. Brendan; Bede: Life of Cuthbert; Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid]
Records of Civilization (Columbia
2. Gregory of
3. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis), vol. 1, To the Pontificate of Gregory I, trans. L. R. Loomis (1916, 1965)
7. The See of Peter, ed. J. T. Shotwell and L. R. Loomis (1927, 19**)
11. J. P. Kenney, The Sources for the
Early History of
12. Salvian, On the Government of God, trans. E. M. Sanford (1930)
19. W. E. Lunt, ed., Papal Revenues in the Middle Ages, 2 vols. (1934)
26. Orosius, Seven Books of History against the
Pagans: The Apology of Paulus Orosius,
trans.
29. J. T. McNeill and H. M Gamer, eds., Medieval Handbooks of Penance (Libri poenitentiales) (1938, 1965, 1990)
31. Boniface, The Letters of Saint Boniface, trans. E. Emerton (1940)
40. Cassiodorus, An
Introduction to Divine and Human
41. Medieval Russian Laws, trans. George Vernadsky (1947, 1969)
44. The
45. Roman Civlization: Selected
48. Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, trans. W. H. Stahl (1952, 1990)
52. R. S. Lopez and
60. Gerbert of Aurillac, The Letters of Gerbert, with his Papal Privileges as Sylvester II, trans. H. P. Lattin (1961)
62. Luxorius, A Latin Poet among the Vandals, trans. M. Rosenblum (1961)
79. Macrobius, The Saturnalia, trnas. P. V. Davies (1969)
83. The fihrist of al-Nadim: A Tenth-Century Survey of Muslim Culture , trans. B. Dodge, 2 vols. (1970)
84. W. H. Stahl and R. Johnson, Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts, 2 vols. (1971-77)
96. B. McGinn, Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages (1979, 1998)
Oxford
Admonan's Life of Columba, ed. A. O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson (1991)
Alcuin, The
Bishops, Kings, and Saints of
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English, ed. B. Colgrave and R. A. B. Mynors (1969; rcorr. 1991)
J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People: A Historical Commentary (1988, 1993)
Fulbert of
Fredegar, The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar, ed. J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (1960)
Raoul Glaber, Rodulfus Glaber Opera, ed. J. France , N. Bulst, and P. Reynolds (1989)
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Readings
1. Carolingian Civilization: A Reader. Ed. Paul Dutton. (1993)
Basic Issues in Medieval Philosophy: Selected
3. Charlemagne's Courtier: The Complete Einhard. Ed. Paul Dutton. (1998)
4. Medieval Saints: A Reader. Ed. Mary-Ann Stouck. (1999)
5. From Roman to Merovingian
7. Love, Marriage, and Family in the Middle Ages: A Reader. Ed. J. Murray (2001)
9. The Annals of Flodoard
of
Gregory of
Medieval Towns: A Reader. Ed.
Maryanne Kowaleski (2006)
Loeb Classical Library (Harvard)
Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, and Onasander
Ammianus Marcellinus, Roman History, 3 vols.
Augustine (
Ausonius, 2 vols.
Basil (
Bede, Historical Works, 2 vols.
Boethius, Theological Tractates, Consolation of Philosoph y
Claudian, 2 vols.
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, 2 vols.
Julian, 3 vols.
Procopius, History of the Wars (5 vols.), Secret History , On Buildings
Sidonius Apollinaris, Poems and Letters (2 vols.)
Manchester University
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Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography, 640-720. Trans. P. Fouracre and R. A. Gerberding. (1996)
The
Thietmar of Merseburg. Ottonian
Ninth-Century Histories
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2. The Annals of
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16. Porphyry, Isagoge.
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33. 
Two
Greek Aristotelian Commentators on the Intellect :The
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34. The History of Alexander’s
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36. The Chronicle of Zuqnin, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775. Trans. Amir Harrak. (1999)
38. The Land Legislation of the
Macedonian Emperors. Trans. Eric G. McGeer.
(2000)
40. Gregory the Great. The Letters of Gregory the
Great. Trans. John R. C. Martyn.
3 vols. (2004)
Unsorted
The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the
Later
Zosimus.
Zosimus: Historia
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the Consularia Constantinopolitana . Ed. and Trans. R. W. Burgess.
Isidore
of
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Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius,
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The Theodosian Code and Novels, and the Sirmondian Constitutions . Trans. Clyde
Medieval Hagiography: An Anthology. Ed. T. Head.
English Historical Documents, vol. 1, c. 500-1042. Ed. D. Whitelock.
Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories , trans. Bernhard Walter Scholz (Ann Arbor, 1970)
The Western Fathers: Being the Lives of SS. Martin of
Gregory of
Liber historiae
Francorum, trans. B. S. Bachrach.
Sidonius Apollinaris, The Letters of Sidonius, trans. O.
M. Dalton. 2 vols.
The Burgundian Code,
trans. K. F. Drew.
Edward Peters, ed., Monks, Bishops, and Pagans.
Paul the Deacon, History of the Longobards,
trans. W. D. Foulke (
K. F. Drew, trans., The
Liutprand of
H. R. Loyn and J. C. Percival, eds., The Reign of Charlemagne (
Diculili Liber
de Mesnura Orbis Terrae, ed. J. J. Tierney.
John Scotus Eriugena, Periphyseon: On the Division of Nature,
trans. M. Uhlfelder.
John Scotus Eriugena, Periphyseon: The Division of Nature, ed.
D. A. Traill, Wahlahfrid
Strabo's Visio Wettini: Text,
Translation, and Commentary, ed. D. A. Traill.
Peter Godman, ed., Poetry of the Carolingian
Renaissance.
Caesarius of
Columbanus, Sancti
Columbani Opera, ed. G. S. M. Walker.
J. N. Hillgarth, ed. Christianity and Paganism,
350-750: The Conversion of
H. R. Loyn and J. Percival, ed.
The Reign of Charlemagne: Documents on Carolingian Government and Administration.
The Astronomer, Son of Charlemagne: A Contemporary Life of Louis the
Pious, trans. A. Cabaniss.
Charlemagne's Cousins, trans. A. Cabaniss.
Adalard, "Customs of Corbie," trans. C. W. Jones, in E. Horn and W. Born, The Plan of Saint Gall, 3 vols. (Berkeley, 1979), 3:***-**.
The Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in
Stephen Allott, Alcuin
of
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