Medieval History
Key Locations for Primary Sources
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British Museum collectionOnline access to almost 4.5 million objects, from the earliest objects created by humankind to contemporary works.
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British Museum guide to searching the collectionContains guidance on searching the database, filtering, sharing and downloading results.
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Getty Museum CollectionSearchable by era, type of resource and allowed usage (Free to use or Permission required).
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - paintings collectionBrowse the MET's extensive paintings collection online.
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Musée du Louvre - ParisExplore over 480,000 pieces of work held by the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix
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Maps collection (National Library of Australia)The Maps collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form.
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LUNA Insight Image DatabaseLUNA-Insight provides a selection digital image collections and tools, including the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection which includes some maps dating back to the 16th Century.
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British Museum collectionOnline access to almost 4.5 million objects, from the earliest objects created by humankind to contemporary works.
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British Museum guide to searching the collectionContains guidance on searching the database, filtering, sharing and downloading results.
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Getty Museum CollectionSearchable by era, type of resource and allowed usage (Free to use or Permission required).
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Insight image databaseIn addition to locally produced image collections for anatomy and zoology, LUNA Insight provides access to image collections from museums and archives internationally.
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Adam Matthew Digital (AM Explorer)Unique primary source materials including Medieval Family life.
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Catholic EncyclopediaDating from 1917, available in English. Searchable or browsable, attempts to capture the history of the Catholic church and doctrines from it's earliest times.
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The Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyScholarly, peer reviewed articles on key topics and philosophers with detailed biographies of philosophers from across history.
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Internet Medieval SourcebookHosted by the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies. A mix of public domain and copy permitted texts.
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Medieval family life 1325-1996 1400-1500Contains the existing major letter collections from 15th century England as well as associated manuscripts.
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Perseus Digital LibraryCollections include Renaissance Materials: Primary and secondary sources in early modern English literature, and Humanist and Renaissance Italian Poetry in Latin.
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Poetry in Translation: The Open Access Poetry ArchiveModern, high-quality translations of classic texts by famous poets, original poetry and critical works.
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Thesaurus linguae graecaeThe Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is an electronic data bank of ancient Greek literature from Homer (8th century B.C.) to 600 A.D. with historiographical, lexicographical and scholiastic texts from the period between 600 and 1453 A.D. It is updated quarterly with new authors and works. Information about the authors and works included in the TLG is stored in a database, knowns as the 'Canon of Greek Authors and Works.'
Key Locations for Secondary Sources
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Bridgeman ImagesA curated collection of fine art from museums, galleries and private collections around the world
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Brill's Medieval reference libraryComplete and unabridged Brill encyclopedias: Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage, Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Encyclopaedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450.
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JSTORArchive of important scholarly journals, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineThe collection of Oxford Handbooks contain in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field, and includes Oxford Handbooks Online Archaeology.
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World History Encyclopedia"Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide." Not scholarly, but can be a good starting point for new topics.