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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Charter for Town of St. Omer

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University site presents the original text of a town charter granted by a local lord.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Letter From the East to the Master of Hospitallers

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a primary source document, written by Ansbert, detailing the events in and around Jerusalem, during the Third Crusade.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The German Crusade, 1197

For Students 9th - 10th
This Fordham University site is a primary source document dealing with this one aspect of the events of the Third Crusade.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Charter Granted to the Cambridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This document presents the text of a charter granted to the citizens of Cambridge in 1201 by King John of England.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Black Death Described by Giovanni Boccaccio 1348

For Students 9th - 10th
A primary source describing the Plague or Black Death's symptoms, its transmission, and its affects on societies' behavior.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Letter From the Sixth Crusade, 1249

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a translation of a letter which was written during the Sixth Crusade in 1249.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Fourth Crusade 1204

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides a collection of writings about the crusade, covering the Fourth Crusade from its initial events to its conclusion.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Grant of a Market at Bremen

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham's Medieval Sourcebook contains the text of a decree providing minting rights and protection, issued by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I to the merchants of Bremen, 965 A.D..
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Charter of Homage and Fealty

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University presents the full text of an oath of homage and fealty between a lord and vassal from Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Columbus' Letter to the King and Queen of Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides the full text of a letter written about 1494 from Christopher Columbus to the King and Queen of Spain regarding the Islands of Hispaniola.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Anna Comena: The Alexiad

For Students 9th - 10th
Click here to read excerpts from the "Alexiad", a historical account written by the daughter of Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, that chronicles the arrival of the first Crusaders.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Letter on Henry Divorce 1533

For Students 9th - 10th
A letter by Thomas Cranmer on Henry VIII's divorce, written in 1533 as a firsthand account of Henry's activity.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Edicts of Toleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on two important religious edicts given by Roman emperors relating to Christianity and its role as a persecuted religion in ancient Rome.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Vase at Soissons

For Students 9th - 10th
The two most important events of Clovis' reign are described here in the words of Gregory of Tours, a medieval writer (translated into easy-to-read modern English)
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Inquisition

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides a detailed introduction to the inquisition as a legal proceeding rather than the Spanish relgio-secular institutional body that the word more often brings to mind.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Jerome: Against Vigilantius

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University's Medieval Source Book is a collection of copy-permitted texts from the public domain related to medieval and Byzantine history. This site contains the full-text translation of a letter dictated by Joan of Arc to the...
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Crusade of St. Louis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers detailed information on the Sixth Crusade.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Grant of Tax Liberties to London

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the original text of a negotiated system of taxation between the city of London and King Henry I.
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Appendix Four: Summary of Matrix and Polynomial Features

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, gives great information on a summary of matrix and polynomial features. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: A Homily on Dormition of Our Supremely Pure Lady Theotokos & Ever Virgin Mary

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides this primary source document dealing with the Eastern views of Mary, written by St. Gregory Palamas. Site includes links to other sources of information on this historical period.
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Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Grant of Land for Gild Hall of St. Omer

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the original text of a grant by a local lord to township in order to build a guild hall for commercial transactions.
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Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Modern History Sourcebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir William Beveridge's plan for socialized insurance (social security) as presented to the British Parliament in 1942. It lays down the three principles he believed should establish the foundation for an effective social security program.