Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Subject:

Social Sciences

Institution Name:

Fordham University

Collection:

Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

Historians teaching medieval history surveys almost always want to combine a textbook, a sourcebook, and additional readings. Textbooks, as an ever-evolving form, are probably worth the cost, but sourcebooks are often unnecessarily expensive. Unlike some modern history texts, the sources used for medieval history have been around a long time. Very many were translated in the 19th century, and, as a rapid review of any commercial source book will show, it is these 19th century translations which make up the bulk of the texts. Indeed the genealogy of such texts is a minor area of possible historiographical research. Although publishers need make no copyright payments to use these texts, there is no real cost reduction, compared with sourcebooks for modern history surveys. Many of these nineteenth-century texts are now available on the Internet, or are easily typed in to e-text form.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Media Format:

Text/HTML

Conditions of Use:

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5