History Education Network: Links to Online Collections of Primary Sources: Specific Topics in Canadian History
Check the REMSS library catalogue for books with primary sources.
The INTERNET HISTORY SOURCEBOOKS from Fordham Jesuit University is a massive website which offers links to primary sources. Sourcebooks at this website include:
NOTE: The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented ... for educational use. (This site has been around a long time: If links are broken or change or texts not currently available, you can try to locate the docs via The Internet Archive/Way Back Machine. Alternately, of course, you can search for the doc via Google.) Books
Search for books from our library catalogue, or ask Ms Hewitt for the books on reserve. Overnight loan. Databases (click on databases from the homepage) WorldBook Encyclopedia Robin Hood BBC History: Robin Hood & his Historical context http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/robin_01.shtml Children in the Middle Ages Children in Medieval England http://www.representingchildhood.pitt.edu/medieval_child.htm Growing up in Medieval London (Google books - excerpts) http://goo.gl/t6e9E Medieval Tournaments All things medieval: An Encyclopedia of the Medieval World by R. A. Johnson (Google books - excerpts). pp 691- 698 = Tournaments http://goo.gl/aWTDw King René's Tournament book (transl. from medieval French - extremely detailed; old language style) http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/reneoutl.html Links for Primary Sources Assignment: A. Writings (text): prose, poetry, lyrics etc. Internet Medieval Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.asp B. Other: frescoes (paintings), sculptures, artifacts, stained glass, armour, illuminations & manuscripts & books, music, architectural features (gargoyles), sculptures, drawings (garden designs) and more... Here are a few suggestions to get you started - http://www.medievalbooksofhours.com/booksofhours.php http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/taps/hd_taps.htm http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/music/ http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/29.154.3 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1986.285.1,2 C. General resources: The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/ |
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