Research Guides: HIST 3140: Society & Culture in the Middle Ages: Finding Primary Sources

Finding Primary Sources Online

Internet Medieval Sourcebook
This website includes a large collection of translated primary source material, organized both chronologically and thematically.
Global Medieval Sourcebook
This website includes themed collections of primary sources, many of which have never been made available in English before.
Epistolae: Medieval Women's Letters
Translations of letters to and from medieval women.
European History Primary Sources: Medieval Period
This website maintains a list of digital collections of primary sources.
Eyewitness to History: Middle Ages and Renaissance
Note that this is actually a secondary source, but it contains many primary sources on the topics it covers.

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.

To search for primary sources in catalogs and databases, try some of these keywords: