General Europe
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name |
city | country | description | region | period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archives Nationales (English introduction) | France |
An English introduction to the French National Archives |
General Europe, France | modern, early modern, medieval | |
| 2 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | New Haven | United States |
The Beinecke, Yale University's rare book and manuscript library, holds excellent collections of early modern and modern European manuscripts. |
General Europe, British Isles, France, Italy | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 3 | Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics |
An extensive bibliographic database of articles related to patristics and early Christianity. French language search engine, covering 825 journals in a dozen major European languages. |
General Europe | medieval, ancient | ||
| 4 | Bodleian Library, Oxford University | Oxford | United Kingdom |
The Bodleian Library at Oxford University. A major research library with a world-class collection of manuscripts. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 5 | British Library | London | United Kingdom |
The British Library, one of the world's leading research libraries |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 6 | British Library, Manuscripts Division catalog | London | United Kingdom |
The Manuscripts Division catalog for the British Library. Manuscripts include virtually all areas of research. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 7 | Cambridge University Library | Cambridge | United Kingdom |
Cambridge University's library system |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 8 | Digital Scriptorium |
An online collection of medieval and renaissance manuscripts drawn from over forty major American collections. As of September 2012, contains catalog records and high-quality photographs for over 5,000 manuscripts and 24,000 images. |
General Europe, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval | ||
| 9 | Early Modern European Society | General Europe, Central Europe, France, Italy | early modern | |||
| 10 | Eurodocs |
A large collection of primary sources, transcribed and translated. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient | ||
| 11 | Europe 1450-1650 |
a syllabus covering Europe from 1450-1650 |
General Europe, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval | ||
| 12 | European Library | The Hague | Netherlands |
The European Library is a consortium of the national libraries of Europe with an excellent collection of electronic catalogs and links to digital collections. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 13 | European Social and Political Thought from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment |
a syllabus for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students on the history of European social and political thought |
General Europe, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval | ||
| 14 | Europeana |
A site run by the Royal Library of the Netherlands, with EU Commission funds, with links to 4.6 million digitized items from national libraries and museums throughout Europe. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical | ||
| 15 | Folger Shakespeare Library | Washington, DC | United States |
The Folger Shakespeare Library has strong collections in the Renaissance, and especially in early modern Britain. |
General Europe, British Isles, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 16 | French National Archives | France |
The French National Archives |
General Europe, France | modern, early modern, medieval | |
| 17 | Guide to the Study of Early Modern History |
An extensive guide to the secondary literature about early modern Europe, written by Constantin Fasolt (Chicago). Some discussion of primary sources included. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | early modern | ||
| 18 | Hanna Arendt Papers |
Hanna Arendt Papers |
General Europe, Central Europe | modern | ||
| 19 | Hill Museum & Manuscript Library | Collegeville, Minnesota | United States |
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is home to "the world's largest collection of images of manuscripts from Europe, Ethiopia, the Middle East, and India." Images are variously available on microfilm and in digital form. HMML is also home to a number of medieval manuscripts from Europe and beyond. |
General Europe, British Isles, Central Europe, Italy, Southeastern Europe | early modern, medieval, ancient |
| 20 | Historical Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Italy |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Historical Archive (Archivio Storico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri) contains documents relating to Italy's relations with foreign powers dating back to the 19th century. |
General Europe, Italy | modern | |
| 21 | Historical Archives of the European Communities | Italy |
Contain the records of the European Communities of the 20th century. |
General Europe, Italy | modern | |
| 22 | Historical Research in Europe |
An extensive collection of archive websites, searchable by country and keyword |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient | ||
| 23 | History of Early Modern European Legal and Political Thought |
a graduate syllabus covering the history of early modern European legal and political thought |
General Europe, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval | ||
| 24 | History of European Civilization |
an undergraduate syllabus covering the history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the early modern period, with some reference to ancient Greece and Rome |
General Europe, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | early modern, medieval, ancient | ||
| 25 | History Reading Lists |
A collection of orals reading lists, with extensive coverage of Europe. |
General Europe | modern, early modern, medieval | ||
| 26 | Huntington Library | San Marino | United States |
The Huntington Library contains excellent collections of European manuscripts, with particular emphasis on the British Isles, the Renaissance, and France. |
General Europe, British Isles, France, Italy | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 27 | ICON: Newspaper digitization projects |
A compilation of "past, present, and prospective digitization projects of historic newspapers," arranged alphabetically by country. |
General Europe | modern, early modern | ||
| 28 | Instituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo | Rome | Italy |
Contains a research library and reading room. |
General Europe, Italy | medieval |
| 29 | Internet Medieval Sourcebook |
An impressive collection of primary sources covering all aspects of the medieval world. Focus is on Europe, with considerable coverage of Byzantium and Islam. One of the standard online sources for reliable primary material. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | medieval | ||
| 30 | Medieval Manuscript Manual |
A beginner's guide to the materials and methods used to produce medieval manuscripts. Suitable for college students, graduate students, and laypersons alike. |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 31 | National Archives of the United Kingdom | Kew | United Kingdom |
The National Archives of the United Kingdom. Excellent collection of manuscripts relevant to European History, with generous hours and copying privileges. |
General Europe, British Isles | modern, early modern, medieval |
| 32 | National Library of Norway | Norway |
The National Library of Norway contains |
General Europe, Scandinavia | modern, early modern | |
| 33 | National Library Service (SBN) | Italy |
Italy's national library. |
General Europe, Italy | modern | |
| 34 | Netserf |
An extensive collection of primary sources from and secondary documents about the Middle Ages. |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 35 | Online Gallery, British Library |
Contains images of a variety of historically and culturally significant documents. |
General Europe, British Isles | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient | ||
| 36 | ORB Online Textbooks for Medieval Europe |
full-length texts for classroom use |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 37 | ORB: The Encyclopedia |
An edited collection of essays about the early, high, and late medieval period. Some primary sources also included. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy | medieval | ||
| 38 | Oxford University Library | Oxford | United Kingdom |
Oxford University's library system |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient, prehistorical |
| 39 | Pecia |
a blog about medieval manuscripts |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 40 | Protestant Reformation |
a syllabus for a graduate seminar on the Protestant Reformation |
General Europe, Central Europe, France | early modern | ||
| 41 | Scriptorium |
an international journal of mediaeval manuscript studies founded in 1946 |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 42 | The Electronic Grosseteste |
Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1170-1253) was an English theologian, philosopher, and bishop. "The Electronic Grosseteste is a freely accessible, web-based project that supports advanced research in the life and works of Robert Grosseteste specifically, and in medieval studies generally." The site contains electronic versions of Grosseteste's writings and a bibliography of works about him. |
General Europe, British Isles | medieval | ||
| 43 | The National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) | Paris | France |
The National Library of France (commonly known as the Bibliothèque nationale) owns a wide variety of manuscripts and documents covering virtually all regions of Europe. |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | modern, early modern, medieval, ancient |
| 44 | Vatican Film Library | Vatican City |
The Vatican Film Library contains the Vatican's collection of film and video. |
General Europe, Italy | modern | |
| 45 | Vatican Secret Archives | Vatican City |
The famous Vatican Secret Archives contain manuscripts concerning ecclesiastical affairs and the Vatican's diplomatic relations with every European state. |
General Europe, Italy | modern, early modern, medieval | |
| 46 | Web for Medieval Source-based Textual Scholarship |
A collection of guides and links concerning to medieval books and manuscripts. |
General Europe | medieval | ||
| 47 | What Every Medievalist Should Know |
A collection of bibliographies listing standard works for over forty topics or themes that are important to the study of medieval Europe. The topics run the gamut from archaeology, Byzantine literature, and codicology to rhetoric, saints, and time and the calendar. Intended as a reference "to get you started, and to allow you to work up in a new field." |
General Europe, Baltic States, Benelux, British Isles, Central Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Russia & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Southeastern Europe | medieval |
