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Before the appearance of this series (1914-65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 10 (1955) contains texts relating to the Trussebut fee, and covers land held in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Before the appearance of this series (1914-65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. Volume 11 (1963) contains texts relating to the Percy fee and William de Percy II in 1166.

Before the appearance of this series (1914-65), the pre-thirteenth-century documents of Yorkshire were largely unpublished. This thirteen-volume collection was well respected for its extensive nature and the high quality of its editing. This volume (1942) constitutes the index for the first three volumes of the series.

The small Augustinian priory of Healaugh Park began as a hermitage in the twelfth century. This unusually late chartulary, dating from the early sixteenth century and published in 1936, shows how the community struggled with financial and disciplinary matters throughout its existence. English summaries of the Latin documents are provided.

These five court rolls from Yorkshire, published for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1939, belong to an important period when the older system of keepers of the peace had been transformed into that of justices of the peace. The editor, Bertha Haven Putnam (1872-1960), provides an extensive introduction and appendices.

This two-volume work, published 1891-3, contains a fourteenth-century cartulary charting the history of Selby Abbey from its foundation under William the Conqueror in 1069 to the mid-fifteenth century. Volume 1 includes an edition of the Historia Selebiensis monasterii, a twelfth-century history of Selby.

This two-volume work, published 1891-3, contains a fourteenth-century cartulary charting the history of Selby Abbey from its foundation under William the Conqueror in 1069 to the mid-fifteenth century. Volume 2 includes an architectural description of the abbey and a discussion of some personal names of interest.

This detailed two-volume chartulary of the Cluniac priory of St John of Pontefract, is a valuable resource for Yorkshire history in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Compiled in the mid-thirteenth century, and published 1899-1902, it contains 556 Latin charters arranged by type, with comprehensive notes and English summaries throughout.

This detailed two-volume chartulary of the Cluniac priory of St John of Pontefract, is a valuable resource for Yorkshire history in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Compiled in the mid-thirteenth century, and published 1899-1902, it contains 556 Latin charters arranged by type, with comprehensive notes and English summaries throughout.

Published in 1924, this sixteenth-century chartulary of a medium-sized priory in Yorkshire provides information on the possessions it held shortly before its dissolution. The surviving books of the substantial monastic library are also recorded, revealing that scholarship was not neglected, even in a relatively small establishment.

John Lister (1847-1933) was a philanthropist, politician and landowner near Halifax. He edited for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society this 1924 publication. Containing transcriptions of customs records of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the work illuminates the development and social impact of an important local industry.

One of the oldest English-language cookbooks, compiled originally in the late fourteenth century by the master cooks of Richard II. This 1780 transcription from the manuscript roll then belonging to Gustavus Brander, a trustee of the British Museum, was made and annotated by the antiquary Samuel Pegge (1704-96).

Frederick Levi Attenborough (1887-1973) published this work in 1922 for social and legal historians who did not require the full critical apparatus and contextual material previously provided in German by Felix Lieberman. The book covers the early Anglo-Saxon laws from Aethelbert to Aethelstan, with a facing-page modern English translation.

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley was a canon of Canterbury when he published this work - four essays on the history of the cathedral - in 1855. Taking events associated with Canterbury, he puts them in a wider historical context, describing the locations in which they were enacted, and including fascinating details from literary sources.

This 1911 work examines the text (of which Bury provides an edition) of the 'Kletorologion' of Philotheos, an otherwise unknown administrative official at the Byzantine court of Leo VI in the late ninth century. The work is a guide to precedence, which at this time was of great political importance.

Published by Felix Lieberman (1851-1925) between 1903 and 1916, this three-volume edition of laws promulgated by successive Anglo-Saxon rulers is still regarded as authoritative. Unparalleled in other Germanic languages, it is a unique body of early medieval legal writing. The work features a facing translation into modern German.

Published by Felix Lieberman (1851-1925) between 1903 and 1916, this three-volume edition of laws promulgated by successive Anglo-Saxon rulers is still regarded as authoritative. Unparalleled in other Germanic languages, it is a unique body of early medieval legal writing. The work features a facing translation into modern German.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 3 (published 1883) covers the period from the 1340s to the 1420s.

Published in 1856-7, this three-volume collection of Latin and Greek primary sources focuses on political and economic relations between Venice and Constantinople from the early ninth century to 1299. Volume 2 covers the period 1205-55 and focuses on the fate of Constantinople and the interests of the Papacy.

The abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers in north-western France was founded by King Childebert I in the sixth century. In Volume 2, de Broussillon reproduces the entire collection of charter documents from the abbey archives dating from 808 until 1903.

The abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers in north-western France was founded by King Childebert I in the sixth century. In this 1903 work, Bertrand de Broussillon (1841-1915) published its charters from the foundation onwards. Volume 3 lists the names of those mentioned in the charters.

A French historian and archivist, Benjamin Guerard (1797-1854) made important contributions to the study of medieval cathedrals and monasteries. Volume 2 of this work, published in Paris in 1840, contains Guerard's transcriptions of the medieval charters of the abbey of Saint-Pere at Chartres.

Published by Felix Lieberman (1851-1925) between 1903 and 1916, this three-volume edition of laws promulgated by successive Anglo-Saxon rulers is still regarded as authoritative. Unparalleled in other Germanic languages, it is a unique body of early medieval legal writing. The work features a facing translation into modern German.

This eight-volume set of summaries of state documents (commemoriali) of Venice was published between 1876 and 1914 as part of a wider series devoted to the content of the nine-hundred-year-old Venetian archives. Volume 8 (published 1914) covers the period from the 1570s to 1787.

Sharon Turner (1768-1847) practised as a solicitor in London, but as a young man he had become involved in the study of Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic literature and history. Published 1799-1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.

Using archival materials and church charters from the province of Anjou, Paul Marchegay draws a broad and comprehensive picture of the history of this province in western France. Volume 2, published in 1853, comprises charters from the abbey of Marmoutiers, near Tours, detailing everything from relics to the fish trade.

Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Volume 6 (1848) complements Volumes 3 and 4 with additional texts from the mid-tenth century to the Norman Conquest and includes lists of manuscripts and an index of places.

Walter de Gray Birch (1842-1924) worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum from 1864 to 1902. His acclaimed collection of Anglo-Saxon charters, published between 1883 and 1893, is still consulted by scholars of pre-conquest Britain as the fullest chronological compilation for the period to 975 CE.

A typographer and printer, Auguste Bernard (1811-1868) devoted his leisure time to collecting documents illustrating the history of the Loire valley. He was the first to publish, in 1853, the charters of the Abbey of Savigny in northern France and the Abbey of Ainay in Lyon.

This six-volume work, published between 1860 and 1890, contains a selection of documents in Greek which throw light on the history and politics of the Byzantine Empire in the Middle Ages. Volume 6 (published in 1890) contains texts relating to the great Orthodox Monastery of St John on Patmos.