Final Sources

Question 1

Letters of Trajan and Pliny the Younger
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 1

Pliny and Trajan
Latin
Letters between Pliny and Trajan

Question 2

Passion of Perpetua and Felicity
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 2

Mostly perpetual but rest by a religious figure
Latin but translated to greek.
Passage from her diary
intended Audience is the christians to stay string and the non-christians that the faith is worth dying for

Question 3

Edict of Milan
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 3

Constantine and Licius
Latin
historical proclamation

Question 4

Fate of Rome
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 4

St. Jerome
Latin
Letter
Written to Agenuchia to explain the fate of Romr

Question 5

The Nika Riot
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 5

Procopius
Greek
passage from Procopius’ books A History of the Wars

Question 6

The Siege of Paris
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 6

Abbo the Monk
Latin
Historical text
Franks is the intended audience

Question 7

Sermon of Pope Urban II
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 7

Speech by Urban II recorded by Robert the Monk
century in Latin
speech/ sermon
Franks is intended audience

Question 8

Massacre of Jews of Mainz
Who Wrote It?
What Language?
What type of document?

Answer 8

Albert of Aix-la-Chapelle
in Latin
Historical account

Question 9

Levels of Interpretation

Answer 9

• Level 1
	○ Who wrote it?
	○ When was it written? What language?
	○ What type of document is it?
	○ What’s the main storyline?
• Level 2
	○ Who is the intended audience?
	○ Why was it written?
	○ What are the assumptions in the source?
• Level 3
	○ Is the source reliable and/or accurate?
	○ What can I learn about the society/person who created this document?
How does it relate to its context?