LibGuides: HIST372/HIST 566/HIST 567: Medieval History: Medieval Resources

These are links to online primary source websites and blogs hosted by Universities and Museums. You will need to cite the materials you find on these sites as online resources. Please be advised that not all links may be current.

Different Types of Primary Sources
This guide breaks down the various different types of primary sources that can be used in historical research.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Links to online primary source material on the Middle Ages, provided by Fordham University.
Online Medieval & Classical Library
A digital collection of literary works.
EuroDocs
An online directory of primary documents in Western European history compiled by Richard Hacken, librarian at Brigham Young University.
British Library Digitized Manuscript Collections
Vast collection of digitized primary sources
British History Online
Collection of nearly 1300 volumes of primary and secondary content relating to British and Irish history, and histories of the British empire and foreign relations.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Records early viking raids on the British Isles.
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts from University College Cork
Historical and literary texts (some Medieval, some later) accompanied by introductions, background information, graphics, translations where possible, and scholarly bibliographies. Good for looking at Vikings in Ireland & Britain.
Viking Age (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Celtic)
Covers the history, society and culture of the medieval Scandinavian peoples (the Norse) and their actions and interactions in Britain, Ireland, Western and Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic during the period 793-1066.
Icelandic Saga Database
The Icelandic Saga Database is an online resource dedicated to publishing the Sagas of the Icelanders — a large body of medieval Icelandic literature. The sagas are prose histories describing events that took place amongst the Norse and Celtic inhabitants of Iceland during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth in the 10th and 11th centuries CE.
Digital Scriptorium
Digital Scriptorium (DS) is a consortium of North American libraries and museums committed to providing cross-institutional digital access to their collections of pre-modern manuscripts and dedicated to enhancing access and appreciation of historically significant but often understudied manuscript materials.
Anglo-American Legal Tradition
Digitized documents from Medieval and Early Modern England from the National Archives in London
Epistolæ: Medieval Women's Letters
A collection of medieval Latin letters to and from women, maintained by the University of Siena.

HathiTrust
A growing partnership of over 70 libraries and research institutions, primarily university libraries, pooling their resources to create a digital library. The primary goals are long-term preservation of fragile collections, along with methods for making these records more readily accessible while still respecting in-copyright works. While WSU faculty, staff, and students can search across the entire digital library, they have full-text access to only the items in the Public Collections.
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ProQuest Databases
Use this link to search multiple ProQuest databases simultaneously.
Making of the Modern World
The Making of the Modern World provides digital facsimile images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Full-text searching across millions of pages of works from the period 1450-1850 (and 1851-1914 in Part II) It is a collection of material for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more.
ArchiveGrid
An index to historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in libraries, museums, and archives throughout the world. Entries include collection descriptions and contact information.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
An index of European works that relate to the Americas. It is a guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

JSTOR
Online access to core scholarly journals in business, education, health, arts & humanities, life sciences, literature, physical sciences, and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal.

Includes: Arts & Sciences 1-15, Business 2-4, & Life Sciences
HeinOnline: Government, Politics and Law
HeinOnline’s Government, Politics & Law contains more than 100 million pages of content across 156,000 titles and 310,000 volumes. HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,500 periodicals.

Trial ends October 2018. Purchased in Nov 2018
ProQuest Databases
Use this link to search multiple ProQuest databases simultaneously.
Project MUSE
For Optimal Performance, use Firefox or Edge. Full-text access to current content from high quality, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Coverage varies.
WorldCat (OCLC)
World's most comprehensive bibliography with over 40 million records of all types of materials (e.g. books, dissertations, manuscripts, serials, sound recordings, videos and more) cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Coverage:1200-present. Selecting WSU custom page provides localized content from Wichita State University Libraries' collection.
History Reference Source
Provides full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
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Google Scholar
How to Use Google Scholar off-campus Provides access to scholarly sources across many disciplines including articles, theses, books, etc. from a variety of publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Links to full-text when available.
Early English Books Online
Early English Books Online is the definitive online collection of early printed works in English, making digital copies of over 125,000 rare works from before 1700 discoverable through an interface tailored for early modern scholars.
Academic Video Online
Search here for documentaries and video on medieval studies

60 Minutes: 1997-2014, American History in Video, Art and Architecture in Video, Asian Film Online (Volumes * & II), Black Studies in Video, Business Education in Video, Classical Music in Video, Counseling and Therapy in Video (Volumes I-III), Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, Current Affairs in Video, Dance in Video (Volumes I & II), Education in Video (Volumes I & II), Environmental Studies in Video, Ethnographic Video Online (Volumes I-III), Fashion STudies Online, Filmakers Library Online (Volumes I-III), Health and Society in Video, Latin American in Video, LGBT Studies in Video, The March of Time, Meet the Press, new World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present, Opera in Video, BBC Video Collection, PBS Video Collect (2nd Ed), Silent Film Online, Theatre in Video (Volumes I & II), Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy, World History in Video, and World Newsreels Online.

Search for more scholarly resources of many types (articles, books, media) through WSU search tool SmartSearch - Home - Wichita State University Libraries

Please note: WSU does not necessarily have all the issues of any particular journal. Check the links below to see the dates covered by our library holdings and the database in which the journal is available.

Quick Guide to Primary & Secondary Medieval Resources
Collection of links to resources related to medieval sources and histories.
Vikings Resources: A History Guide
St. Clare's College guide to history of the vikings, mostly open access sources.

Search for more resources in the WSU online library catalog:

The Vikings : A Very Short Introduction

Julian Richards reveals the whole Viking world: their history, society and culture, and their expansion overseas for trade, colonization, and plunder. We also look at the Viking identity, through their artistic expression, rune stones, their ships, and their religion.

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