Middle Ages: Primary Sources (Middle Ages Reference Library)

Includes a timeline of events in the Middle Ages and a "Words to Know" section, this book presents nineteen full or excerpted documents written during the Middle Ages and covering such topics as cultures in conflict, personal life, and the relationship between the church and government.

Table of Contents:
Cultures in conflict : Anna Comnena --
Usamah ibn Munquidh --
Al-Bekri and Leo Africanus --
Marco Polo --
Jacob von Königshofen --
Personal life : Augustine --
Lady Sarashina --
Excerpt from The thousand and one nights --
Christine de Pisan and The goodman of Paris --
Church and state : Gregory of Tours --
Shotoku Taishi --
Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII --
Dante Alighieri --
History and fiction : Procopius --
William of Malmesbury --
Lo Kuan-chung.