An Atlas of Cyberspaces- Historical Maps. USENET in 1981.
Middle Ages Women. Women of the Middle Ages: Scholars, Mistresses and Leaders The Middles Ages was a violent period dominated by men and wars.
The names of the famous women of the Middles Ages have found their place in history as scholars, artists, through their religion or in their roles as the mistresses of great men. There are facts and short biographies of Joan of Arc, Jane Shore, Alice Perrers Katherine Swynford, Margery Kempe, Anna Comnena, Christine de Pizan, Heloise, Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich and Lady Godiva. Weapons. A Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal and Imperial Titles. Outline. 1.
Introduction. 2. Sovereigns and Sovereignty. 3. Nobles and Nobility. 4. Imperial Titles. 5. Timelines of History, Today in History, World History. Home » Retronaut. Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The Internet Modern History Sourcebook now contains thousands of sources and the previous index pages were so large that they were crashing many browsers. See Introduction for an explanation of the Sourcebook's goals. Explanation of Sources of Material Here . See the Help! Page for all the help on research I can offer. Although I am more than happy to receive notes if you have comments on this web site, I cannot answer specific research enquiries [and - for students - I cannot, or rather will not, do your homework.] The Modern History Sourcebook now works as follows: This Main Index page has been much extended to show all sections and sub sections.
To access the sub-section pages , simply browse the sections below and select the highlighted (white text with green background) section title on the left. In addition there are now two navigation bars on the left of each page for every sub-section All URLs of documents remain unchanged - only index pages were reorganized. Best of History Web Sites. Internet History Sourcebooks Project (mit Überblicksdarstellungen) Internet History Sourcebooks Project Paul Halsall, Editor Last Modified: Dec 11 | linked pages may have been updated more recently The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. 1.
This project is both very large and fairly old in Internet terms. At the time it was instigated (1996), it was not clear that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be transient. 2. 3. Feedback and Help While I encourage notes, comments and feedback in general, I am unable to reply to all of them. For guidance on homework, research, how people lived/ate/dressed in the past, see the various Help! I am unable to help locate details about your family, or give translations of your name or nickname into Chinese (a very common request)! I am always happy to hear from people who wish to submit copy permitted texts to the various sites below. Encycl. Medieval Studies. World History : HyperHistory.
Resources, Programs, Research. Episode Two: Among Believers The Story of the Jews PBS Simon Schama’s epic series continues with the story of medieval Jews struggling to preserve their identity — and sometimes their lives — under the rule of Christianity and Islam.
Whether labeled “Christ-killers” by the Christians or “dhimmi” (non-Muslim citizens of an Islamic community) by the Muslims, diaspora Jews built new lives and invented new ways of being Jewish in exile. Continue Full Program. Internet History Sourcebooks. Full Text Sources Links to full texts of books available at this and other sites will be listed here.
The texts are also integrated within the overall structure of the Sourcebook. This listing is to aid compilers of web guides to online books, etc. The books that tend to have been put online here, or those that have been linked, tend to be those entire books that are often assigned to students in college classes to be read along with the more usual excerpted texts. Contents Reformation Catholic Reformation Full texts here Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium), 1509 Sir (St.) European Exploration/Expansion Absolutism/Ancien Regime English Civil War and After Full texts here William Harrison (1534-1593): Description of Elizabethan England, 1577 (from Holinshed's Chronicles) John Woolman (1720-1772): Journal, full text, Journal of an 18th century English Quaker and his travels among Friends in America.
People and Places of the Middle Ages - Medieval People and Places. History of the World. Illuminated Manuscripts. Manuscripts from the 8th to the 15th century Before the introduction of printing to Western Europe during the mid-15th century, all books were written by hand.
The Latin for hand, ’manus’, and for writing, ’scriptum’, give us the word manuscript. Making a manuscript was slow and demanding: sometimes routinely laborious, sometimes creatively glorious, and always expensive. The most luxurious manuscripts were illuminated: lit up by decorations and pictures in brightly-coloured pigments and burnished gold leaf. Medieval Castle History, Design of Medieval Castles, Haunted Castles: www.medieval-castle.com. Manuscript Miniatures: Database & Image Collection. Town Chronicles in the Holy Roman Empire: Legitimacy and Historical Construction. – January 10, 2009Posted in: Articles Town Chronicles in the Holy Roman Empire: Legitimacy and Historical Construction By Ernst Reigg.
Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle - Brill Reference. Medieval Manuscripts & Maps Digitized. The Medieval Review. Medieval Germany.