Lorenzo Valla,
Discourse on the Forgery
of the Alleged Donation of Constantine

In Latin and English
English translation by Christopher B. Coleman
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1922).

Hanover Historical Texts Project
Scanned and proofread by Jonathan Perry, February 2001.



Contents

Introduction by Christopher B. Coleman, 1-8

The Donation of Constantine, from Gratian's Decretum, 10-19

Lorenza Valla, Discourse on the Forgery of the Alleged Donation of Constantine, 20-183



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