Middle+Ages+Documents

Folio #: no. VI ||
 * Bifolium, from a Manuscript of the Decretals of Gratain || The Crawford Charters'
 * [[image:Bifolium.jpg]] || [[image:crawford_charters.jpg width="501" height="363"]] ||
 * This document is an example of medieval canon law. Canon law refers to teachings of the church. This particular manuscript is an excerpt of the Decretals of Gratian and was created by a monk who taught at Bologna in the mid-twelfth century. This document shows that there was law and a sense of order in the Middle Ages. It represents the order of the period; that people couldn't just do what they wanted. They had to follow laws. The small picture in the top left hand corner is an example of illumination. The picture shows two men kneeling below the bishop in request to transfer to a monastery. || This image is part of a charter from England. It granted land at Southam, Ladbroke and Radbourne, Warwickshire, to Leofwine 'dux'. This charter shows that there was order and organization in the means of land distribution. Ethelred Unread granted land and was most likely in charge of alloting various sections of land to different vassals or lesser lords. The document also shows the use of writing and language. The people of this time period had to be able to write or have access to others who could write so as to create laws, books, and charters like this. ||  ||