Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 17: THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WESTERN EUROPE

Primary Source Links

Succession to Inheritance, c. 475
	Visigothic inheritance law. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/475Visisucc.html )

Annals of Lorsch: The Pope makes the Carolingians kings
	The Pope raises Pepin from Mayor of the Palace to King of the Franks. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/lorsch1.html )

Charter of Homage and Fealty, 1110
	Charter of Fealty between Bernard Atton and Abbot Leo I. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/atton1.html )

Annals of Xanten, 845-853
	Annals of the French Abbey Xanten, describing the depredations of the ninth century. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/xanten1.html )

The Rule of Saint Benedict
	Excerpts of St. Benedicts's rules for monks. ( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rul-benedict-excerp.html )