Two Accounts of the Early Career of St. Bernard,
c. 1150
Contains excerpts from William of St. Thierry: Life of St. Bernard, c. 1140, and The
Acta Sanctorum of Arnold of Bonneval & Geoffrey of Clairvaux, c. 1153
Nicholas III: Exiit qui
seminat, Soriano, Italy: August 14, 1279, (With attached Latin Text). [At EWTN]
See also Catholic Encyclopedia:
Nicholas
III
On the confirmation of the rule of the Friars Minor.
Nicholas III: Exiit qui
seminat, Soriano, Italy: August 14, 1279, (alternate translation by John Kilcullen
and John Scott ). [At MacQuarrie U]
Clement V: Exivi de
paradiso, May 6, 1312 with the Ecumenical Council of Vienne in session Latin Text available. [At
Franciscan Archive]:or see copy [At EWTN]
Declaration of the supreme Pontiff on the Rule of the Friars Minor.
Dominicans
WEB Dominican Central: Tradition
Wonderfully useful website by the Domincan Order. This is a link to the the
"histoyr" page.
2ND Dominican Central: The Friars Preachers.
Translation of article from the Dictionnaire de Spiritualité [At Dominican
Central]
Other Mendicant Orders
Innocent IV: Bull Quae
honorem conditoris omnium ["Whatever Is for the Honor of the Creator of
All"], October 1, 1247. [At EWTN]. See also the version at CarmelNet.
On the prior and hermits of Mt. Carmel. The Bull includes the Carmelites' mitigated rule.
[Geary 33] Thomas of Cantimpré': Defence of the Mendicants, copyrighted
The Secular Clergy
Cathedral Chapters
The Cathedral Chapter of Chartres: The Riot of 1210,
trans. Richard Barton
The circumstances of the Chartres Riot of 1210 described from the viewpoint of the
Cathedral chapter. It provides clear insight into urban social tensions, and also sheds
light on elements of liturgical procedure (particularly the liturgy of excommunication),
on the cult of the Virgin, and on the increasing competency of the French crown in
judicial matters.
The Register of Roger Martival, Bishop of Salisbury,
1315-1330, trans. Richard Barton
Texts from the Register of Roger Martivall, Bishop of Salisbury. The last one, in
particular, is of interest, as it is concerned with criminous clerks and clerical status.
Parish Pastoral Clergy
texts?
Medieval Heresy
General
Caesarius of Heisterbach: Medieval Heresies,
from Dialogue on Miracles, V.
Discussion of Waldensians, Albigenses, and "intellectual heretics" at Paris.
Conrad of Saxony: Mirror of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, [Full text], often ascribed to St. Bonaventure, but now
considered the work of Conrad by many scholars. [At Intratext]
Letaldus of Micy: Journey of
the Relics of St. Junianus, including a description of the Peace Council of Charroux
in 989. Trans. by Thomas Head [At ORB]
Peter Damian: Life of Romuald.
excerpts on his relics of a hermit. Late 11th Cent. Trans. by Thomas Head [At ORB]
Anonymous: A Miracle of St.
Maximinus, c. 1050-75. Trans. by Thomas Head [At ORB]
Description of the pilgrimage and miraculous cure of a single individual.
Stephen de Bourbon: De Supersticione: On St Guinefort,
The basis of the film The Sorceress about a sainted dog. Based on the tradition
of St. Christopher as being "dog-faced".
Anonymous: Guide-book
to Palestine. (c. 1350). Translated by. J. H. Barnard. London: Palestine
Pilgrims’ Text Society, 1894. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
Margery Kempe (1413-1415): Book
of Margery Kempe. (Text--Butler-Bowden translation of Chapter 26-34, 37-41)[At
Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
John Poloner (1422): Description
of the Holy Land (c. 1421), based on the translation of Aubrey Stewart from the Tobler
text. London, 1894. [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
Felix Fabri (1480 & 1483-84): The Book of the Wanderings of Felix
Fabri (Circa 1480-1483 A.D.) trans. Aubrey Stewart. 2 vols. London: Palestine
Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896 [At Traveling to Jerusalem/U Sth Colorado]
[Tierney 101] Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340-1400): Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, text file in original language.
The stories revolve around a pilgrimage to Canterbury.
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