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St. Jerome attempts to explain the origin and geographical location of various places mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Some of these sites are well known to us today, but several of them remain a mysterious and are still actively debated amongst New Testament scholars.

An abridged collection of the laws passed during the reign of the Emperor Justinian I. Most of them deal directly with the administration of the church within the empire, its relationship to the authority of the state and the person of the emperor, and the criminality of heresy within the imperial realm itself.

St. Germain lays out in this work, the now lost Gallican rite of the Catholic church, which was utilized specifically by the church in France during the 2nd to 11th century before being replaced with the Roman rite. St. Germain's account is one of the few recorded memories of that rite to survive antiquity.

A short collection of the surviving writings of St. Ephraim, the Greek bishop of Antioch, who wrote his works in the 6th century. His writing seek to address the question of the dual nature of Christ's humanity and divinity, which was a major controversy in the church and the empire in his lifetime.

The is the first English translation of the Spanish historian, John of Biclaro, who wrote about the various sovereign powers who ruled in Spain during the 6th century. Among those mentioned as the kings at the Visigothic court, which was in upheaval because of the the Arian heresy. During this century, the political state would shift, leading to the conversion of the nation to Catholicism.

A song of Aethelwolf is a 9th century poem composed by one of the friars of the abbey on the island of Lindisfarne. It recounts the sentinel figures of the era as well as some of the personalities present on that island monastery itself.

Pope Adrian I sought to establish the church under the protection of the Frankish king, Charlemagne. In his effort to draw himself closer to the Frankish court he needed to institute a sense of 'reformatio' which would correct the episcopal abuses of the church, reinforce the claims of the Papal Curia, and distance Rome from the authority of Constantinople. In doing so Pope Adrian created these clauses of church law to emphasis that changes that would take place under his papacy.

Blossius Aemilius Dracontius offers a legal apology via his own prose for his religious dispute the Arian king of the Vandals. This texts offers a rare insight into late Roman North African from the eyes of a common resident of Carthage. Little is known of the fate of Dracontius. However, he is known to have been released or escaped for the Vandal jail and made his way to freedom in Northern Italy.

The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was the Persian council of the Persian church. Convoked by King Yazdegerd I (399-421), it organized the Christians of his empire into a single structured Church, which became known as the Church of the East. The edicts of the council have never before been translated into English. Here they are available for the first time to a lay audience.

This is a collection of otherwise anonymous letters regarding the activity of missionary behavior on the Frankish frontier. The identity of 'Bulgars' here is mistaken for the Avars, who were the dominant pagan military force of the 7th century. This is rare insight into the affairs of the Frankish court into their international affairs.

The bishop Eutropius, who lived in late Visigothic Spain, gives his counsel on the subject of the seven deadly sins and ways that anyone can avoid them through conscientious practice. He delineates in this work how these sins are related to one another.

The Irish scholar St. Aileran discusses the ancestry of Christ given in Matthew 1. However, he seeks to tie the Hebrew meaning of the name of Christ's ancestors with quote by Him during His lifetime and ministry.

This volume is a collection of royal charters from the Merovingian king St. Dagobert II. It deals with the establishment and grants of certain monasteries within the Frankish realm, and the special royal privileges that they enjoy under the Frankish crown.

A short collection of the laws and edicts of Aethelbert, King of Kent, the first Christian English king. This selection of laws would go on to influence the modern body of English and American law.

This volume is a collection of the five grants made by King Chlothar III to local monasteries, granting them right and privileges for all future generations under the protection of the French crown. Some references are made to other courtiers as well, including his Queen and the Mayor of the Palace.

In this work, St. Albert looks to address some of the errors that he believes is being taught amongst the Aristotelian professors at teh University of Paris. He outlines his argument into fifteen separate theses, and seeking to define the breakdown in logical that he has observed in philosophical and theological matters from his peers.

The beginning of Tiglath-Pileser's I reign, laid heavy involvement in military campaigns, as suggested from translated texts from the Middle Assyrian period. The texts were believed to be "justification of war." Although little literary text is available from the time of Tiglath-Pieser I, there is evidence to show that the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I inspired the act of recording information, including that of his military campaigns. Toward the end of Tiglath-Pileser's reign literary texts took the form of "summary texts" which served as a vessel for as much information about his reign as possible, with the intent to be handed down to his successor.

This short volume, mistaken attributed to John Scotus Eriugena, is from a 1681 manuscript found at Cambridge. It gives several quotations about the life and death of the famous Irish intellectual from his contemporaries and those that were influenced by him in the passing centuries.

A short exchange by the last known bishop of Carthage with Pope Theodore I. The author discusses the question of the the two natures of Christ and clarifies the nature of this threat to the integrity of the church. A brief mention is made the Paul II, patriarch of Constantinople, albeit one that is brief and does not note the rising friction between Rome and Constantinople.

Presented here are some of the few original writings of the 20th century Kaiser of the German Empire, Wilhelm II, reproduced for the first time into a single collection. These include letters to the papers and sundry announcements made from the German throne.

Here, in fragmentary form, is one of the surviving Georgian Synxarium of the medieval period. The author appears to date to the late 10th century, but appears to draw upon early Greek sources. It was discovered as an incomplete text in one of the libraries of St. Athos. Only 11 of its 63 entries are complete, as the document itself appears to be missing large sections of its original content. Its contents focus primarily on martyrdom of Sts. Peter, Paul, and Stephen.

St. Ammonas, the Egyptian hermit and successor to St. Anthony the great, lays out his instructions to young monastic novitiates in this short treatise. In it he warned against the sin of pride, encourages his monks to learn to "die to themselves" and accept that there is "no longer any I, but Christ". He offers practical advise for maintaining humility and encouraging wisdom to strengthen them in their daily struggle against their own passions.

Here, in fragmentary form, is one of the surviving Georgian Synxarium of the medieval period. The author appears to date to the late 10th century, but appears to draw upon early Greek sources. It was discovered as an incomplete text in one of the libraries of St. Athos. Only 11 of its 63 entries are complete, as the document itself appears to be missing large sections of its original content. Its contents focus primarily on martyrdom of Sts. Peter, Paul, and Stephen.

Hippolytus composed his now largely lost work of the history of the Roman Empire sometime in the late 6th century. While its influence appears to resonant across the centuries, the text itself has been lost. What is compiled here is the few surviving fragments of his works preserved in various extended quotations by other authors. Much of his surviving writings give us precious insight in the personal life of the family of Christ, his sisters, and extended family, as well as notes about the reign of the Emperor Constantine I.

Gregory of Nyssa, also known as Gregory Nyssen, was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376 and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Anglicanism.

The French Constitution of 1791 (French: Constitution française du 3 septembre 1791) was the first written constitution in France, created after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime. One of the basic precepts of the French Revolution was adopting constitutionality and establishing popular sovereignty.

Fragments of a long epic poem, describing the creation of the world in a series of tablets or books, were discovered by Mr. George Smith among the cuneiform treasures of the British Museum which had come from the royal library of Kouyunjik or Nineveh.