[PROJECT] History Lessons

I didn't find the actual texts. But here is something about the Gothic and Erfurt programs: http://www.i-u.ru/biblio/archive/novgorodcev_ob/06.aspx. Also http://fw.mega.dp.ua/bse/Bse/STRU-YA/3017.htm, this is from a dictionary.

And why did priests write them? It's very simple — they were missionaries and lived among these tribes, so they knew more about them. Besides priests, commanders also wrote — Caesar, for example. Simply put, whoever had closer contact with the foreigners was the one who wrote.