This popular primary source reader spans several centuries in over one hundred documents. In addition to constitutional highlights and standard texts such as the Magna Carta and Froissart's Chronicles, the editors include narrative sources on the lived experiences of an array of historical actors. All sources fit into thematic clusters on the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, lay piety, late medieval commercial life, queenship, and Jewish communities. The book also features 40 illustrations, a map, and an index of topics. Additional resources, including essay questions, web resources, and a timeline, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com). CONTENTS Labor and Daily Life from Ælfric of Eynsham’s Colloquy Anglo-Saxon Wills Laws of Cnut Cnut’s Letter to the English People Praise of Queen Emma The Life of King Edward Who Rests at Westminster The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle on the Norman Conquest The Text of the Bayeux Tapestry Domesday Book Orderic Vitalis’s Account of His Life Henry I’s Coronation Charter Eadmer’s Account of Queen Edith-Matilda William of Malmesbury on the Civil War between Stephen and Matilda Gerald of Wales’s Description of Henry II The Constitutions of Clarendon The Murder and Miracles of Thomas Becket Glanville’s Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England Jocelin of Brakelond on the Misfortunes of Henry of Essex Town Charters William fitzStephen’s Description of London Thomas of Monmouth’s Life of Saint William of Norwich Reginald of Durham’s Life of Saint Godric, Hermit of Finchale The History of William Marshal John of Salisbury’s Policraticus Richard of Devizes on the Third Crusade Letters of Innocent III and King John Roger of Wendover’s Account of the Rebellion against King John Magna Carta Letters of Queen Isabella of Angoulême Henry de Bracton’s Notebook: Cases from the Royal Courts The Ancrene Wisse Thomas of Eccleston on the Coming of the Friars Minor to England The Baronial Cause: The Song of Lewes Summonses to Parliament London Coroners’ Rolls Manorial Life, from the Hundred Rolls The Statutes of Merton College, Oxford Roger Bacon’s Account of His Academic Career Edward I’s Confirmation of Charters Correspondence of the Queen with London The Manner of Holding Parliament A Chronicle of the Great Famine The Royal Response to the Famine Manor Court Rolls London Craft Guild Ordinances Urban Environmental Problems and Regulations Jean Froissart on the Battle of Crécy Post-Plague Wage and Price Regulations Chronicle Accounts of the Peasants’ Revolt A Peasants’ Revolt Trial Ordinances of the Guild of Saint Katharine at Norwich Robert Manning of Brunne’s Handlyng Synne The Deposition of Richard II Chronicle of the Reign of Henry V Order of the Pageants of the York Corpus Christi Play Poems about Raising Children Apprenticeship Documents Visitations of Monasteries A London Chronicle on the Wars of the Roses The Cely Letters The Battle of Bosworth The Rediscovery of Richard III Polydore Vergil’s Account of Henry VII An Italian Relation of England