Digital Medieval Sources
- EuroDocsA large repository of online primary source documents throughout Europe's history.
- Iter: Bibliography This link opens in a new windowA bibliography of more than 1.3 million citations for secondary source material about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
- Bayeux Tapestry This link opens in a new windowThe Bayeux Tapestry remains one of the most celebrated examples of medieval material culture. This eleventh-century textile, over 230 feet in length and just twenty inches high, is an account of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings.
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England This link opens in a new windowTranscriptions from the manuscript rolls of all parliaments which survive for the period 1275 to 1504. The transcriptions - in Latin, Anglo-Norman or Middle English - are presented in parallel with a modern English translation. There is also a description of each parliament of the period, including for those of which no roll survives.
- Early English Books OnlineEarly English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
- Public MedievalistProminent example of people exploring Medievalism. Not peer reviewed but produced by experts.
Finding Articles Written by Historians
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowBest database for world history. Lists scholarly articles from history journals. Allows you to search by journal name. Each article is summarized. Covers the history of civilization (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
- Iter: Bibliography This link opens in a new windowA bibliography of more than 1.3 million citations for secondary source material about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
Finding Books
- Iter: Bibliography This link opens in a new windowA bibliography of more than 1.3 million citations for secondary source material about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700.
- WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowWorldCat includes records for books, videos, serial publications, articles, recorded books and music, electronic books, sheet music, genealogical references, cultural artifacts, digital objects, Web sites and much more. Contents from Milne Library and other libraries worldwide in over 470 languages.
You will get limited results if you try to search for "primary sources" in library databases since the Library of Congress does not use that subject heading. Try searching these subject headings instead:
sources
personal narratives
documents
manuscripts
texts
sermons
memoirs
letters
Online Manuscript Facsimilies
- Digital ScriptoriumThis database contains a substantial database of digitized manuscripts from a score of American university collections, including Rutgers.
- E-codices: Virtual Manuscript Library of SwitzerlandA growing virtual collection of hundreds of medieval manuscripts housed in Swiss repositories.
- Early Manuscripts at Oxford UniversityThis site provides access to digital images of over 80 medieval manuscripts.
- Digital Library of Medieval ManuscriptsIncludes Roman de la Rose, a joint digital project based of Johns Hopkins University and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Image Collections & Search Tools
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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Access over a million images covering the fine and decorative arts from around the world as well as architecture and commercial design. ARTstor also includes many images which document cultural events and news stories. Note: You must be logged into the SUNY Geneseo VPN to access this resource. Please use a new private browser window when accessing this resource.
