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The controversies of 1296-1303 between Philip the Fair of France and Pope Boniface VIII produced a huge amount of polemical literature. In addition to several major treatises, all of which have been published in modern editions, there exists an important literature of pamphlets and diplomatic correspondence. The three pamphlets printed in this volume are well known by name: "Antequam essent clerici", "Disputatio inter clericum et militem" and "Quaestio in utramque partem". Almost all histories and textbooks make reference to these documents; but few students have ever read them or even seen them, and it is for the benefit of such students that they are now published. The Latin texts have been made from the manuscripts, and are printed on the left-hand pages, with an English translation on the right-hand page. Anyone who wishes to compare the translations with the originals will therefore be able to do so easily. There is also a comprehensive introduction and bibliography by the editor.