a well-known German historian had completed a history of the world in the year 1101 when he determined to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Hierosolymita and World Chronicle On the CrusadesĮkkehard. (1096 English translation from the original Hebrew)Ĭonrad III, First Letter to Wibald, Abbot of Corvey Conrad III, Second Letter to Wibald, Abbot of Corvey Frederick I, Letter to Leopold of Austria Sibylla, Ex-Queen of Jerusalem, Letter to Frederick I The Duke of Lorraine, Letter to the Archbishop of Cologne Frederic II, Letter to Henry III of England More available HERE (1148-1229 English translation) The narrator occasionally describes events inaccurately for the sake of getting his point across. The Narrative of the Old Persecutions - Mainz AnonymousĪ Jewish point of view on the First Crusade of 1096, specifically what the Crusaders did in Mainz and Rhineland. This partisan, and indeed polemical, history of the conflict between Henry IV of Germany and the Saxon rebels is a strictly contemporary work, believed to have been written in or about the year 1082. 
Includes the Hungarian campaign against Saxonyįrom Monumenta Germaniae Historica (circa 10th century)Īvailable for download. From the fall of the Thuringian dynasty to Otto's Franconian campaign. Includes an account of the Romans' difficult war against German guerrillasįrom LacusCurtius (380s AD English and Latin transcriptions)īy Widukind of Covey. Or search "german" for other references to wars and encounters with the people of the region. Scroll down to Book V of Eutropius's Abridgment of Roman History]
Account of the War with the Cimbri, Teutones, and Their Allies. Its loss was a disgrace which far outweighed the glory of its acquisition.His object would have been achieved if the barbarians could have tolerated our vices as well as they tolerated our rule."įrom LacusCurtius (2nd century AD English translation) "It could be wished that Caesar had not set such store on conquering Germany also. The German War - The Epitome of Roman History by Florus. "These warriors are said to have assailed the Romans with the utmost fierceness, even using their teeth to pull from their flesh the missiles with which the Osroëni wounded them."įrom Cassius Dio's ROMAN HISTORY at LacusCurtius (2rd century AD English translation) This battle is often seen as Rome's greatest defeat.Īccount by Paterculus Account by Tacitus Account by Florus Account by Cassius Dio (7 AD English translation) The clades Variana, in which allied Germanic tribes ambushed three Roman legions and ended the expansion of the Roman Empire into Northern Europe. Gaius Julius Caesar describes his brutal campaign against the GaulsĬaesar on the First Germanic Campaign Caesar on the Usipetes and Tencteri In cooperation with Livius (1st century BC English transcription)
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