Medieval Sources of History
Modern books written about Medieval Europe can be found in any library or general bookstore, but actual books and documents written during the Middle Ages are harder to locate. Fortunately, many of these primary sources can now be found online.
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook
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The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is an online database of primary source material maintained by Fordham University. Material from all across Europe can be found here.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/Sbook.html
Online Medieval Sources Bibliography
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Fordham University also maintains this bibliography. It allows you to search for documents by author, period, and country. Although it is more of a tool to identify works of interest, some of the results do come with links that allow readers to find and view documents online.
http://medievalsourcesbibliography.org/
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The Labyrinth
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Georgetown University maintains The Labyrinth, a collection of resources for medieval study, and provides links to many sites where medieval sources can be found. Some of the links are to pages maintained by European universities, which provide the material in its original language, whereas others provide material in English translation.
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
LIBRO
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The Library of Iberian Resources Online (LIBRO) concentrates on the Iberian Peninsula. Both primary sources, as well as more modern works on the subject of Medieval Iberia, can be found here.
http://libro.uca.edu/search.htm
Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
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This site features a wealth of original documents scanned into a database. These are original documents, in their original languages, that although kept in different parts of the world can now conveniently be viewed in one spot.
http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/
University of Washington--University Libraries
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This site provides a list of sites and links where online medieval sources can be found.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/medieval.html
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