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Printed Bibliographic Guides to Primary Sources
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General Guides to Primary Sources
These are guides to sources from a variety of countries and periods.
Ulysse Chevalier, Répertoire des sources historiques du Moyen Age: topo-bibliographie [and bio-bibliographie].
New York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1959. An important and thorough bibliographical work for medieval history which is useful for less familiar names, or for complete lists of references for more familiar ones. The biobibliographical section (pt. 1, vols. 1-2) is arranged alphabetically using French forms, and includes brief biographical data, as well as references to books, periodicals, and society transactions where information on the person can be found. The topobibliographical section (pt. 2, vols. 1-2)is arranged by place and by subject. Although a huge amount of material is indexed, no critical assessment of the value of the source material is offered. Reference, Non-circulating, Z6203 .C52x More info
August Potthast, Bibliotheca historica medii aevi: Wegweiser durch die Geschichtswerke des europäischen Mitelalters bis 1500.
Vollständiges Inhaltsverzeichniss zu 'Acta sanctorum' Bollandiana, Bouquet, Migne, Monumenta germaniae. Historica, Muratori, Rerum britannicarum scriptores, etc. 2 vols. Berlin: W. Weber, 1896; and Graz: Akademische Druck u. Verlagsanstalt, 1957. Provides a listing, at times incomplete and inaccurate, of medieval chronicles. There is also analysis of large source collections, and an alphabetical listing of medieval writers with information about manuscripts, editions, and commentaries. Rare Books Room, Reference Z6203 .P87; and Reference Z6203 .P87 1957
Repertorium fontium historiae Medii Aevi.
Romae: apud Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo, 1962- Multi-volume replacement for Potthast, still in progress. Reference Z6203 .R45
Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi: additamenta.
Roma: Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo, 1977- Reference Z 6203 .R451x
Guides to Primary Sources for French Medieval History
Auguste Molinier , Les sources de l'histoire de France: Notices bibliographiques et analytiques des inventaires et des recueils de documents relatifs à l'histoire de France.
Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie, 1877. Main stacks, Z2176 .F83 More info
Auguste Molinier, Les sources de l'histoire de France des origines aux guerre d'Italie.
6 vols.; New York: B. Franklin, 1964 (First published 1901-1906). A classic still useful for locating early editions of sources. Reference Non-circulating, Z2176 .M6x 1964. More info
Paul Marie Duval, Sources de l'histoire de France, V. I: La Gaule jusqu'au milieu de Ve siècle.
Paris: éditions A. et J. Picard, 1971. The first volume in a revision of Molinier above. Main stacks, Z2176 .S753 t.1 More info
Guides to Primary Sources for German Medieval History
Erich Zöllner and Hermann Möcker, eds. Die Quellen der Geschichte Österreichs
Rev. ed. Schriften des Institutes für Österreichkunde, 40. Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1982. Main stacks DB3 .Q47 1982
F. C. Dahlmann and Georg Waitz, Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte: Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur deutschen Geschichte.
10. Aufl. unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Gelehrter hrsg. im Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte von Hermann Heimpel und Herbert Geuss. 7 vols.; Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1965- A general guide to the study of German history from prehistory onward. Main stacks, Z2236 .D14 1965
Wilhelm Wattenbach and Robert Holtzmann, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter. Deutsche Kaiserzeit.
2nd. ed., Berlin: E. Ebering, 1942- Library has vol. I, pts. 1-4 Main stacks DD86 .W32
Guides to Primary Sources in Irish History
J. F. Kenney, The Sources for the Early History of Ireland, Ecclesiastical; an Introduction and Guide.
New York: Octagon Books, 1966. Originally printed in 1929, this reprint has additional bibliography supplied by Ludwig Bieler. In either form this work, while still valuable, now needs to be used with the Lapidge and Sharpe Bibliography of Celtic-Latin Literature. Main stacks, Z2041 .K362
Kathleen Hughes, Early Christian Ireland: Introduction to the Sources
The Sources of history: studies in the uses of historical evidence. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1972. A discussion of the types of written sources for Irish history from 400 to 1100. Main Stacks DA908 .H83 1972 More info
Michael Lapidge and Richard Sharpe, A Bibliography of Celtic-Latin Literature: 400-1200.
Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1985. This work was commissioned as a guide to the Royal Irish Academy's new dictionary of Celtic Latin project and to the series of editions of texts that will accompany it. Main stacks, Z7028.C44 L36 1985 More info
Richard J. Hayes, Manuscript Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation.
11 v.; Boston: G. K. Hall, 1965. One of the G. K. Hall dictionary catalogs of cards describing materials from different periods of Irish History. Main stacks, Z2041 .H3x More info
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