Guides: Subject Guide ~ Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Source Collections

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Kristin Strohmeyer
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Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis.
The 1911 edition of the catalogue of Latin hagiographic materials, including ancient literary works on the saints' lives, the translations of their relics, and their miracles, arranged alphabetically by saint.

Chronicon by Janos M. Bak (Editor); Ivan Jurkovic (Editor)
Call Number: Compact Stacks REF D113 .C47 2013
ISBN: 9782503548333
Publication Date: 2013
Currently on reserve.

This practical guide aims to facilitate the discovery of narrative sources (chronicles, annals, saints' lives) for a given area and time period. It lists editions, modern translations and, as far as possible, internet sites for texts. Nine introductory essays discuss genres of historical narrative and the methods of medieval history writing, and also highlight the special character of Byzantine, Muslim, and Eastern Christian narrative sources.
Guide to the Sources of Medieval History by R. C. Van Caenegem
Call Number: Compact Stacks REF D 117 .C2213
ISBN: 9780720407433
Publication Date: 1978-01-01

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography
Designed by the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University, this web site provides a searchable bibliography of texts written in the Middle Ages that are now available in printed or online editions and translations.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new window
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Full text of virtually all Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.), and A.D. 600 and the majority of surviving works up the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453.
Help: Greek fonts

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography
Designed by the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University, this web site provides a searchable bibliography of texts written in the Middle Ages that are now available in printed or online editions and translations.
Avalon Project
The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Part of Fordham University's Internet History Sourcebook, this site is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

Liverpool Translated Texts for Historians
Search the library catalog for items from theLiverpool Translated Texts for Historians: search "translated texts historians" using the link above OR search "translated texts historians" to search for specific materials in the collection
Loeb Classical Library
Search the library catalog for items from the Loeb Classical Library: search "loeb classical library" using the quotation marks to browse all results OR search "loeb classical" <your keyword> to search for specific materials in the collection
Manchester Medieval Sources
Search the library catalog for items from the Manchester Medieval Sources: search "manchester medieval sources" using the link above OR search "manchester medieval sources" to search for specific materials in the collection
Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation by Katherine L. Jansen (Editor); Joanna Drell (Editor); Frances Andrews (Editor)
ISBN: 1283897628
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
From the University of Toronto, each volume contains a mixture of standard documents and representative texts.

Acta Sanctorum
Complete library of the lives of Catholic saints and martyrs, organized by month and feast day (through October). The key finding aid for individual saints in the Acta is the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina. See above under 'Bibliographic Tools'.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica Digital
The Monumenta Germaniae Historica is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival, for the study of German history from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500.
Patrologia Latina

Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina
ISBN: 9782503514819
This series comprises critical editions of all the Latin texts from the first eight centuries of the Christian era.

Search the library catalog for items from the Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina: search "corpus christianorum latina" using the link above OR search "corpus christianorum latina" to search for specific materials in the collection
Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Medievalis.
Search the library catalog for items from the Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Medievalis: search "corpus christianorum medievalis" using the link above OR search "corpus christianorum medievalis" to search for specific materials in the collection