The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History & Diplomacy

Courtesy of the Lillian Goldman Law Library: Yale Law School

Statement of Purpose and Document Inclusion Policy

"The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

The Avalon Project will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for the sake of completeness and balance and because in many cases they are by our definition a supporting document."

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/major.asp 

Medieval and Renaissance Material Culture

Medieval and Renaissance Material Culture

These linkspages will direct you to information on a diverse array of topics relating to the material culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance – not merely things, but occupations, clothing, animals, tools, eating-utensils … even suggestions for books which may help you learn more about such matters.

(Another section of the site covers clothing and material culture of the eighteenth century.)

You may also visit my blog or Facebook page, where you can read about new finds relating to the Middle Ages & Renaissance, as well as upcoming museum exhibitions all over the world which will feature pre-17th century artwork & artifacts.

EuroDocs

URL: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

An "[o]utstanding collection of links to Western European historical documents."

The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

URL: http://avalon.law.yale.edu

"The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

The Avalon Project will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for the sake of completeness and balance and because in many cases they are by our definition a supporting document."

The History Guide: Resources for Historian

URL: http://www.historyguide.org/resources.html

This extensive listing of online archives and document collections covers every period of European and "Western" history. This page is a subsection of The History Guide, a website created by Steven Kreis. The website also contains lectures, teaching resources and course syllabi. A real goldmine!!!

"Primary Documents

A Chronology of United States Historical Documents
A comprehensive site which gives pointers to important United States historical documents that can be found on the Internet. (Oklahoma)

American Memory
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library at the Library of Congress. Photographs, prints, documents, films, maps and sound recordings.

Mary Evans Picture Library

URL: http://www.maryevans.com

"Mary Evans Picture Library licences images for commercial use in books, newspapers, magazines, adverts, web sites and all manner of other media.

Our images cover a broad range of topics and subject areas which, although coming under the umbrella classification of history, in fact, extend far beyond most people's perception of historical pictures.

Our material has traditionally been used in an editorial context to illustrate news stories, magazine articles and the like, but today it is increasingly sought by creatives looking for different and stimulating imagery around which to base advertising campaigns or commercial design projects.

Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Archive (Yale University)

URLS:
Main Website: http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/index.html
Digital Materials: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/digitallibrary/

A major collection of visual primary sources spanning the medieval to modern periods. "Search for photographs, textual documents, illuminated manuscripts, maps, works of art, and books from the Beinecke's collections."

"African Americana; American Literature; British Manuscripts; Early Americana; Early Books and Manuscripts, pre-1601; German Literature; Modern Books and Manuscripts, 1601 to present; Western Americana."

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

"How are historians to remedy the silence about women in many traditional accounts of history? This question has received a number of distinct answers.

The first solution was to locate the great women of the past, following the lead of much popular historiography that focuses on "great men". The problem here is that just as the "great men" approach to history sidelines and ignores the lives of the mass of people, focusing on great women merely replicates the exclusionary historical approaches of the past.

The next solution was to examine and expose the history of oppression of women. This approach had the merit of addressing the life histories of the mass of women, but, since it has proved to be possible to find some degree of oppression everywhere, it tended to make women merely subjects of forces that they could not control. On the other hand, historians' focus on oppression revealed that investigating the structures of women's lives was crucial.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html

"Selected Sources Sections: Studying History; End of Rome; Byzantium; Islam; Roman Church; Early Germans; Celtic World; Carolingians; 10 C Collapse; Economic Life; Crusades; Empire & Papacy; France; England; Celtic States; Iberia; Italy; Intellectual Life; Medieval Church; Jewish Life; Social History; Sex & Gender; States & Society; Renaissance; Reformation; Exploration."

British History Online

URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx

"British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research."