Routledge Medieval Translations
Origins of the Hussite Uprising: The Chronicle of Laurence of Březová (1414 –1421)
1st Edition
By Thomas A. Fudge
September 30, 2021
The Hussite Chronicle is the most important single narrative source for the events of the early Hussite movement. The author is Laurence of Březová (c.1370–c.1437), a member of the Czech lower nobility and a supporter of the Hussite creed. The movement arose as an initiative for religious and ...
Guta Lag and Guta Saga: The Law and History of the Gotlanders
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine Peel
December 12, 2019
Guta Lag, the law of the independent island of Gotland, is one of the earliest laws of Scandinavia. The historical appendix to the law, Guta Saga, was written in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Together, Guta Lag and its accompanying Saga provide an invaluable insight into the lives of the ...
Selections from Subh al-A'sha by al-Qalqashandi, Clerk of the Mamluk Court: Egypt: �Seats of Government� and �Regulations of the Kingdom�, From Early Islam to the Mamluks
1st Edition
Edited
By Tarek Galal Abdelhamid, Heba El-Toudy
December 12, 2019
Ṣubḥ al-A‘shā by al-Qalqashandī is a manual for chancery clerks completed in 1412 and a vital source of information on Fatimid and Mamluk Egypt which, for the first time, has been translated into English.The text provides valuable insight into the Mamluk and earlier Muslim eras. The selections ...
The Danish Medieval Laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland
1st Edition
Edited
By Ditlev Tamm, Helle Vogt
December 12, 2019
The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand – Valdemar’s and Erik’s – and the Law of Jutland, all of which ...
The Liber legis Scaniae: The Latin Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries
1st Edition
Edited
By Ditlev Tamm
December 12, 2019
The Liber legis Scaniae: The Latin Text with Introduction, Translation and Commentaries forms the second volume of The Danish Medieval Laws and is dedicated to the Latin text based on the Danish medieval Law of Scania. Also known as the "Old laws of Scania", the Liber legis Scaniae is ascribed to ...