History 306 The Crusades

Course Specific Resources

Kimberly Rivers/Spring 2024

 

Background Information

Oxford Reference Online

Lexikon des Mittelalters & International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages
Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the period 300 to 1500. Its geographical scope covers the whole of Europe, part of the Middle East, and parts of North Africa to document the roots of Western culture as well as the Byzantine, Arab and Jewish worlds.
This resource is composed of both the International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages and the German language Lexikon des Mittelalters. Only entries with [IEMA] at the end of the heading are in English

Europa Sacra
Provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriachates.

Contemporary Authors

Useful for finding our more about modern historians

 

Journal Articles and Book Reviews

International Medieval Bibliography

Index to journal articles and book essays relating to the Middle Ages (400-1500 AD). Most useful database for the class.

Historical Abstracts

Historical Abstracts cover the history relating of the world(excluding North America) The majority of materials covers history after 1450, but it does have some materials related to both classical and medieval history.

JSTOR

On the search screen, click History to search the numerous history journals.

Project Muse

Search the full-text of over 50 history journals

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies

Index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East,Central Asia and North Africa.

Humanities International Complete

Provides access to articles and book citations on wide variety of topics related to the humanities, including history, religion and the arts.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

This search tool searches many history journals, and provides the ability to do cited-reference searching.

Books

Library Catalog-See "Articles, Books & More" at the top of the page.

WorldCat

WorldCat is a mega-library catalog containing more than 42 million records contributed by 15,000 libraries around the world. Books available within the UW System can be requested using inter-campus borrowing while books at libraries outside of the UW can be requested using Interlibrary Loan.

Early English Books Online

This incomparable collection contains over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475 - 1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised edition.

Crusades and Primary Sources Subject Headings (WorldCat and Search@UW)

    Below is a partial list of the headings used by librarians to classify materials on topics related to the Crusades for library catalogs such as Search@UW or WorldCat. 

    • Headings that include a Search@UW search link will provide list of items containing that heading available from a UW System library.
    • For other heading simply cut and past the heading into either Search@UW or Worldcat to do a search. 

    Specific Events, Entities or Persons

    Islamic Empire

    Works dealing with the Middle East alone, or the Middle East, North Africa and Islamic Spain as a whole, during the period 622-1517, i.e., from the rise and expansion of Islam to the creation of the Ottoman Empire.

    Latin Orient

    Works which treat of the Levant (i.e., the Mediterranean countries east of the Adriatic: Greece, Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Rhodes, Malta, etc.) from the 11th to the 13th century, with special reference to the influence of the Crusaders.

    Locating Published Primary Sources

    Often primary sources for historical events, such as the Crusades, are published in book or eBook collections that are then available through academic libraries such as UWO Libraries.  These collections will include specific subject terms, such as sources, correspondence, or personal narratives, to denote the item contains primary sources.

    • Primary Sources use Sources
    • Eyewitness Accounts or Diaries use Personal Narratives or Diaries



    Course Citation Resources

    Chicago: Notes and Bibliography

    Helpful Websites

    Trent University Academic Skills Documentation Guide; Chicago Style  

    Secondary Sources

    Primary Sources

    The Chicago Manual of Style: Citation Quick Guide 

    Navel Post Graduate School Dudley Knox Library: Chicago Notes & Bibliography (17th ed.); Citation Examples & Essential Rules