Welcome
This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for medieval history that can be a good starting point for your research.
Lexikon des Mittelalters
Lexikon des Mittelalters & International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
Combined encyclopedia for the Middle Ages (LexMA) and its supplement (IEMA).
Encyclopedic Reference
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Oxford Bibliographies OnlineWide range of reference works on the subject of History, amongst others...
Primary Sources Typology
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Goetz, H.-W. Proseminar Geschichte: Mittelalter. Stuttgart, 1993.Contains references to collections of (translated) primary, historical sources.
Bibliographic Reference
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Goetz, H.-W. Proseminar Geschichte: Mittelalter. Stuttgart, 1993.Contains references to collections of (translated) primary, historical sources.
Databases of the Royal Library / Koninklijke bibliotheek
Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Royal Library membership allows online access to all their digital collections and services.
For €7,50 a year for students (more information).
International Medieval Bibliography
Other bibliographic databases for the Middle Ages
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Bibliographie de Civilisation MédiévaleBibiography of the Middle Ages (from the Cahiers de civilisation médiévale).
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Historicum.netMeta-search engine for European history.
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Iter, Gateway to the RenaissancePortal to bibliography and other databases on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Regesta-ImperiiThe Regesta-Imperii-Opac is a freely accessible database, covering all disciplines of medieval sciences for the European language sphere.
More general bibliographic and electronic journals databases
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Digitale Bibliografie Nederlandse GeschiedenisNational bibliography of the Dutch History. For the Medieval period also bibliography of Belgium.
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Bibliography of British & Irish History. Turnhout, 2009- .Historical bibliography on British Isles and Commonwealth; Period: from 55 b.c. - .
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Historical AbstractsBibliography on the world's history (except USA and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
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Arts & Humanities Citation IndexArts & Humanities part of the 'Web of Science' database. multidisciplinary.
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsFull-text database of major religious and theology journals. (1949 to present).
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Oxford Bibliographies Online - Renaissance and ReformationEncyclopedic reading guides for the subject of Renaissance and Reformation.
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Periodical Archive OnlineAchival issues of hundreds of journals in the humanities and social sciences. Covers many journals from their very beginning, until 1995.
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Project MUSEFull-text periodicals (humanities and social sciences).
Google Scholar
eBooks
Which eBooks are available for the subject of History?
Information literacy / Informatievaardigheden
Smartcat
Books
Handbooks
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Caferro, William. The Routledge History of the Renaissance. New York, 2017.ISBN: 9781351849463 -
Classen, Albrecht . Handbook of Medieval Culture. Volume 1-3. Berlijn, 2015.ISBN: 9783110266597
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Wickham, Christopher. Medieval Europe. New Haven, 2016.ISBN: 9780300208344
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Meens, Rob. Cultuurgeschiedenis van de Middeleeuwen : beeldvorming en perspectieven. Zwolle, 2015.ISBN: 9789462580473In Acquisition! -
Logan, F. Donald. A History of the Church in the Middle Ages. London, 2002.ISBN: 9780415132886
