Primary Sources Used for History of Western Civilization
This is a list of all primary sources used in this course. Most are located at off-campus servers.
- Aristotle on Democracy
- Pericles' Funeral Oration
- The Old Oligarch
- The Melian Dialog
- Greek Slavery
- Slavery in the Roman Republic
- Running for Office in Rome
- Greek Slavery
- Slavery in the Roman Republic
- Xenophon: On Men and Women
- Aristotle: On a Good Wife
- Spartan Women
- Six Poems by Sulpicia
- The Benedictine Rule
- The Rule of St Francis
- Doctrine of the Two Powers
- Oaths of Fealty
- Capitulary on Villas
- Inventory of a Royal Estate
- Domesday Book
- Charter of Lorris
- A Revolt in Laon
- Jack Cade's Complaints
- National Monarchies in the 15th Century, Nelson
- Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
- Advice to a new cardinal from Lorenzo de' Medici
- Excerpts from Machiavelli
- Petrarch Criticizes the Papacy
- Condemnation of Wyclif, and his reply
- Martin Luther, 95 Theses
- Schleitheim Confession
- Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian
- Statement of the Levellers
- Elizabeth's speech to her troops
- St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
- Poor Law, 1536
- Petition of Right, 1628
- The Trial of Galileo, 1630