Research Guides: Primary Sources: Medieval History

Medieval History - Databases

ABC-CLIO World History: Ancient & Medieval Eras This link opens in a new window
Background information, primary sources, and perspectives essays presenting a worldwide perspective ranging far beyond Western Civilization to ancient Africa, the Islamic world, and the East. Browse by content type, topic, and era.

Archives Unbound: Witchcraft in Europe and America
The earliest texts in this comprehensive collection on witchcraft date from the 15th century and the latest are from the early 20th century. The majority of the material concerns the 16th to 18th centuries, the so-called "classic period." In addition to these classic texts, the collection includes anti-persecution writings, works by penologists, legal and church documents, exposés of persecutions, and philosophical writings and transcripts of trials and exorcisms.

Infobase Ancient & Medieval History This link opens in a new window
Provides thorough coverage of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special Topic Centers on key civilizations and regions, including the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome; ancient and medieval Africa, Asia, and the Americas; and medieval Europe and the Islamic World. Each civilization's history is brought to life through tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, primary sources, maps and graphs, timelines, suggested readings, and suggested search terms.
Gale World History In Context This link opens in a new window
World History in Context provides information on topics related to the world history. Sources include reference works and primary historic documents.
Salem Press - History This link opens in a new window
Salem Press provides e-books through databases of electronic reference books (e-books) that can be crossed searched. Salem Press history titles include a wide range of topics spanning American history and the world. Learn about important moments and figures in our history.

Medieval History - Internet Sources

Avalon Project [Yale]
Digital historical documents relevant to the fields of law, economics, politics, diplomacy and government on the World Wide Web. Currently contains, among other things, The debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, reported by James Madison, materials relating to the Nuremberg trials, works by Thomas Jefferson, and materials relating to diplomatic relations between the United States and Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
EuroDocs
EuroDocs is a collection of links to open access facsimiles, translations and transcriptions of primary source texts that document political, economic, social and cultural history across Europe from the first century AD to the present. Documents are organized by country and when possible, ordered chronologically. Links to ancient Greece and Rome can be found under Greece and Italy, respectively.
European History Primary Sources
Index of scholarly websites that offer online access to digitized primary sources on the history of Europe. Read the brief guide to searching the portal first.
Europeana
Europeana is a digital library which provides access to over 50 million digitized items - paintings, music, films and books from Europe's galleries, libraries, archives and museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the British Library in London and the Louvre in Paris.
Eyewitness to History
History through the eyes of those who lived it. Covers the ancient world to the present.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Extensive collection of medieval texts and excerpts for teaching and student research. Saints' lives, law material, secondary sources, medieval maps, texts in Spanish and French, links to other medieval web sites, a guide to medieval-themed films, and a guide to music from ancient times to Baroque, with recommended recordings.
Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
This collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts represents a significant resource for the study of the literature, art, history, music, philosophy, and theology of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Western Europe.