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HIST 3140: Society & Culture in the Middle Ages
Finding Primary Sources
Finding Primary Sources Online
- Internet Medieval SourcebookThis website includes a large collection of translated primary source material, organized both chronologically and thematically.
- Global Medieval SourcebookThis website includes themed collections of primary sources, many of which have never been made available in English before.
- Epistolae: Medieval Women's LettersTranslations of letters to and from medieval women.
- European History Primary Sources: Medieval PeriodThis website maintains a list of digital collections of primary sources.
- Eyewitness to History: Middle Ages and RenaissanceNote that this is actually a secondary source, but it contains many primary sources on the topics it covers.
Primary or Secondary Source?
A primary source is first-hand information created during the time that you are researching.
A secondary source is second-hand information, often written by an expert who draws on both primary and contextual information.
Search Tips for Primary Sources
To search for primary sources in catalogs and databases, try some of these keywords:
- sources
- documents
- letters
- correspondence
- memoirs
