This research guide is for the history course, Medieval European Civilizations. Here, you should be able to find primary and secondary resources, some of which are sorted by the topical methodologies to which they relate. Your study habits do not need to be as dedicated as the schedule of a monk to be able to figure out how to use this resource to your advantage for your projects!
HIS 334: Medieval European Civilizations
Welcome
The Avalon Project
The Avalon Project is a collection of sources by Yale Law School with materials of history, law, and diplomacy.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
CCEL includes classic works in Christianity in order to gather specific individual accounts of figures of Christian History.
EuroDocs
EuroDocs is a collection of materials grouped by region; it may have various different time periods to peruse outside of just the Middle Ages.
Eyewitness to History
Eyewitness to History collects materials from eyewitness accounts of the lives of crusaders, monks, and many people.
Fordham Sourcebook
Fordham University has a collection of medieval sources in their Internet Sourcebook.
Hanover Historical
Hanover Historical Texts Collection includes digital versions of historical texts for use in history and humanities courses.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met has several collections of medieval art to select pieces from to use as primary sources.
- Medieval Art & The Cloisters Collection
- Islamic Art Collection
- Arms & Armor Collection
- European Art Collection*
*Make sure to filter for the date range related to your project.
Looking Further...
If you want to look outside of the resources provided for you, continue to examine the collections of museums and archives which are based in the areas of your study. Good luck!
Thrift Catalog
From the Thrift Library homepage, navigate to the "Catalog" button and search your topic through this helpful resource!
This can help you search through Thrift Library's physical catalog, where you can find the material books upstairs in the library, or journal articles and e-books available online.
Databases
Also on the Thrift Library homepage, the "Databases A-Z" button will help you navigate through academic papers. The "Group By" selection allows users to group by category, where there is a subject section for History resources.
Some of the most helpful for this course include:
Playlist
It may not be something that you can put in a research project, but this playlist can definitely be helpful for the research process!
A Manual for Writers
LOC Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018
Use the Turabian manual as a guide for Chicago/Turabian style.
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Use the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide as an online resource to develop notes and bibliography for your research.
Turabian Quick Guide
The Turabian Quick Guide provides an online resource as a guide for using Chicago/Turabian style.
Reference Management
Thrift Library recommends using Zotero for reference management.
Once you save an article, book, webpage, etc. to Zotero it will generate citations in the style guide of your choice. It also does so much more! With Zotero, you can...
- Save PDFs and Snapshots of your sources to folders in your library
- Annotate PDFs (when you copy and paste text from an annotated file it will automatically add quotation marks and the author, date, and page number in a parenthetical citation.)
- Search your entire library
- Generate bibliographies
Zotero is a desktop app that also has a web library for when you need to access your library away from your primary computer.
Zotero also offers browser connectors that enables users to save sources with a single click.
More information about reference management as well as other available tools can be found in LibraryDIY under Citation Tools.
Using Zotero
Zotero is a citation guide which you can use to map your research project resources. Below is a step-by-step photo guide to using Zotero to create a bibliographical citation. However, you can also use the Zotero Connector browser extension, and Zotero will automatically generate the citation for you! Just be sure to check for any errors.
Atlas of the Medieval World
A Companion to the Medieval World
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
An anthology which provides a comprehensive understanding of the literature of 500-1500 CE.
The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348-1350
Bond Men Made Free
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
A Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture
The Crecy War
Crusade and Christendom
Crusading and the Crusader States
Daughters of London
The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalem-Bound Pilgrims
The Hundred Years War
Jews in Medieval Christendom
Letters from the East
Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence
The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
On the Margins of Crusading
Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War
Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages
Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
Texts of the Passion
The Wars of the Roses
Artifacts from Medieval Europe
The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348-1350
Bond Men Made Free
Christian Society and the Crusades
Clare of Assisi and the Poor Sisters in the Thirteenth Century
A Companion to the Medieval Papacy
Crusading and the Crusader States
Daughters of London
The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron
The First Crusade
A History of the Crusades
Holy Feast and Holy Fast
Letters from the East
Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence
On the Margins of Crusading
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
A Rhetoric of the Decameron
The Wars of the Roses
Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood
Clare of Assisi and the Poor Sisters in the Thirteenth Century
A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen
Daughters of London
Holy Feast and Holy Fast
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ
Julian of Norwich, Theologian
Medieval Handbooks of Penance
Misere Mei
Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence
The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen
Women's Lives in Medieval Europe
Women in Medieval Europe 1200-1500
Women and Writing in Medieval Europe
Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society
Bond Men Made Free
Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood
Christian Society and the Crusades
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
Crusading and the Crusader States
The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalem-Bound Pilgrims
The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron
The First Crusade
A History of the Crusades
The Hundred Years War
In the Year 1096
Jews in Medieval Christendom
Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ
Letters from the East
On the Margins of Crusading
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War
Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages
Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
A Rhetoric of the Decameron
Sanctifying the Name of God
The Wars of the Roses
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages
The Art of Preaching
Christian Society and the Crusades
Clare of Assisi and the Poor Sisters in the Thirteenth Century
A Companion to Bernard of Clairvaux
A Companion to the Great Western Schism (1378-1417)
A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen
A Companion to the Medieval Papacy
Crusading and the Crusader States
The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalem-Bound Pilgrims
The First Crusade
A History of the Crusades
Holy Feast and Holy Fast
In the Year 1096
Innovation and Tradition in the Writings of the Venerable Bede
An Introduction to Medieval Theology
Jews in Medieval Christendom
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich and the Mystical Body Politic of Christ
Julian of Norwich, Theologian
Letters from the East
Medieval Handbooks of Penance
Nuns and Nunneries in Renaissance Florence
The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
On the Margins of Crusading
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades
The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen
Pilgrims to Jerusalem in the Middle Ages
Preaching in the Age of Chaucer
Reading Medieval Anchoritism
Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
Sanctifying the Name of God
Texts of the Passion
Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society
Anchoritism in the Middle Ages
Artifacts from Medieval Europe
The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348-1350
Bond Men Made Free
Christian Society and the Crusades
The Ethical Dimension of the Decameron
Letters from the East
The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen
Reading Medieval Anchoritism
A Rhetoric of the Decameron
Sanctifying the Name of God
Texts of the Passion
Women's Lives in Medieval Europe
Women in Medieval Europe 1200-1500
Women and Writing in Medieval Europe