Medieval Resources

Introduction

• Major Political and Religious Developments of the Early Middle Ages
• Donation of Constantine (Medieval Source Book--weblink) 
• Image of Constantine's Donation
• Medieval Atlas (weblink)

Medieval Orders

• Monastic Overview
• Medieval Orders I: The Clergy
• Ethics Reasoning Model
• Medieval Orders II-IV: The Nobility, The Merchants, The Peasants
• Changes in Medieval Commerce and Production

Conflict, Protest

• Conflict, Protest, and Catastrophe
• The "Feudalism" Model

Song of Roland

• The Carolingian Dynasty
• 3 Systems of Meaning in Song of Roland

Medieval Islam Overview

• A Brief Chronology of Muslim History (weblink)
• Brief Overview of Islam (weblink)

Poets & Storytellers

• The Code of Chivalry and the Cult of Love

Crusades

• Medieval Crusades (weblink)
• Primary Sources at Medieval Source Book (weblink)
• Crusades Timeline (weblink)

Medieval Political Theory

• Medieval Political Readings
• Developments in Medieval Political Theory
• Chronology of the Papal-Imperial Conflict

Medieval Education

• Medieval Education Overview
• Medieval Science Overview
• The Scientific Method: An Overview

Aquinas & Scholasticism

• The Ontological Argument of Anselm
• A Companion to the Summa (classic introduction by Fr. Walter Farrell)
• Aquinas' Five Ways (by Theodore Gracyk)
• Key Ideas in Summa I.3-26 (God's Nature)
• Key Ideas in Summa I-II.1-5, 6ff. (Happiness & Willing the Good)
• Key Ideas in Summa I-II.26-29, 55-70 (Love & The Virtues)
• Key Ideas in Summa I-II. Questions 71-77 & 90-97 (Vices & Law)

Bernard of Clairvaux

• Commentary of Song of Songs (webtext)
• Biography (website) Biosketch for his feast day

Dante

• The Great Structure of the Divine Comedy
• Levels of Interpretation in Dante
• Dante's Politics and the Prophecies in Hell
• Dante's Allegory of Eden
• Dante's Six Invocations to the Muse
• Two Stories in Paradiso

The Little Flowers

• The Franciscan Experience (website)
• The Rule of the Franciscan Order (Medieval Sourcebook)
• WWFD? (What Would Francis Do?)
• Franciscan Spirituality & The Stigmata