Europe - Medieval History: 450-1450
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Finding Primary Resouces
What are primary sources? Finding Primary Sources on the Web? Evaluating primary sources.
An instructional page about how to identify, find and evaluate primary sources.
UA Library Catalog
On the keyword search page, type your major search topic into the top line. On the second line, change "Any Field" to SUBJECT.
Type any of the following into the Search Box:
Sources, Early Works, Personal Narratives, Statistics, Diaries, Correspondence, Archives, Treaties. You can search more than one of these by putting "or" between words. e.g. sources or personal narratives. Bear in mind the likelihood of written records from a period of limited literacy.
ARTstor
This non-profit repository contains hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data and the tools to actively use those images. Images are contained that are relevant to the times and place of this period.
Library of Latin Texts
The majority of the editions are from Corpus Christianorum but other sources drawn upon include Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiastorum Latinorum, Sources Chretiennes, Migne's Patrologias Cursus Completus: Series Prima, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Acta Sanctorum and other miscellaneous texts. Also includes texts from the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
Monastic MATRIX A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities, 500-1600
Medieval and Early Modern Period Historical Sources
A guide to the sources in the UA Library.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
The free online version is not complete, being updated. The text is in OCR which may contain some character recognition errors, but is considered to be of excellent value for historians. The Library has these in paper format as well.
Patrologia Latina Full Text Database
The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216
Bibliography of English translations from medieval sources Z6517 .F3 Main Reference
Bibliography of English translations from medieval sources 1943-1967 Z6517 F47 Main Reference
A guide to the sources in the UA Library.
Medieval narrative sources : a chronological guide Z6203 .B33 1987 Main Reference
This one is not easy to use, but useful, nonetheless.
Archives nationales (France). Layettes du Trésor des chartes DC60 .F70 1977
Acts of the French Kings from 755 -1270.
Archives nationales (France). Registres du trésor des chartes; inventaire analytique CD1196 1958 Acts of the French Kings from 1297-1320
Monumenta Germaniae historica. Various call numbers. A wide array of primary source material for the period of 500-1500 for areas which experienced strong Germanic influence.
Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; or, Chronicles and memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages [microform] Micro fiche no. 27
Repositories of Primary Source
A listing of websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar with worldwide coverage.
Maps are also primary sources. To find maps -
Search by country name or region [subject] and Maps [subject] and limit by dates
Atlases of historical maps can be found by searching the country or region [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject]
e.g. baja [subject] and maps [subject] and after 1900 before 1930
germany [subject] and historical geography [subject] and maps [subject] (finds historical atlases)