Medieval Studies Primary Sources: Documents & Manuscripts

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5 databases

Library of Latin Texts
Database of Latin texts, containing more than 3,200 works from Antiquity through Vatican II. Texts are selected based on editing and contemporary scholarly practice, and independent research is undertaken to verify facts relating to the text. Coverage: c. 300 B.C.E. to 1965 A.D.. primary sources documents manuscripts

Medieval Family Life
Contains full-color images of original medieval manuscripts from five family letter collections. Includes full text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where available, plus supplementary material such as family trees, chronology, glossary, images, links to related scholarly websites, etc. Coverage: Middle ages. primary sources documents manuscripts
Medieval Travel Writing
The project combines multiple manuscript sources, detailing the journeys of famous travellers from Marco Polo to John Capgrave, and the stories of legendary figures such as Prester John and Sir John Mandeville, with translations, route maps and introductory essays. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (eMGH)
Medieval Latin texts with a focus on Germany and surrounding areas. In more than 300 volumes, covering the widest possible range of historical documents, divided into five major Series (Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Epistolae and Antiquitates) and into 33 Subseries, the Monumenta not only continues its editorial programme but it has established for all Western scholarship a standard for critical editions. primary sources documents manuscripts

Patrologia Latina
The Patrologia Latina Database is the full-text electronic version of the Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus, indexes, and illustrations. Covers the works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian around 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Covers most major and minor Latin authors, and contains the most influential works of late ancient and early medieval theology, philosophy, history, and literature. Coverage: 200 A.D. to 1216 A.D.. primary sources documents manuscripts

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