Abbot Suger, who was the abbot of the Abbey of St. Denis from 1122 to 1155, wrote this chronicle about the events of his own administration.

Read this excerpt of the "Apology," written to defend the Cistercian monks against charges of slander and criticize Cluniac monks' excesses.

Peruse, in its entirety, St. Bernard of Clairvaux's treatise as to why we should love God and how much we should love God.

Read the excerpts of Marsilius of Padua and John of Jandun's writings about the Church that were condemned by Pope John XII in 1327.

Account details the conversion of a citizen of Lyon, France who was a usurer but gave away his earthly belongings to become closer to God.

Pope Leo IV actually fed this promise to the Frankish Army before they went off to war to fight and die in the name of the Church.

Charter of the monastic abbey located at Cluny marked the beginning of the period of monastic reform in the tenth century.

Take a look at some of the epistles issued by Pope Gregory I about conversion, rulers, and the law that forbid soldiers to become monks.

Gunbald, Archbishop of Bordeaux, declared in this decree that those who robbed churches, the poor, and clergymen would be excommunicated.

Pope Gregory VII condemned the practices of simony and clerical marriages among his churchmen in 1074 with this document.

Read about the peaceful way that citizens had to behave, what days they had to behave this way, and what happened if they failed.