History of Europe

The Libraries’ at UM have an excellent collection of primary source materials such as books, articles, newspapers, and literacy sources covering all aspects of European history including specialized guides on the history of medicine and witchcraft. This guide is intended for graduate and undergraduate students and presents a variety of library and open web resources. Please contact Shatha Baydoun, History Liaison Librarian, for an individual research consultation or for more information about resources in European history.

General Database Resources

• Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450
• European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (EBSEES) 
• Jstor
• World History in Context

Select Topics and Databases

• Early European Books
• E-Codices
• German Historical Institute (GHI)
• Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Select Archival and Digital Collections 

• Records Uncovered: Gay and Lesbian Histories In Central and Southeastern Europe 1945-1999
• British History Online
• Gallica: National Library of France
• The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History

Current and Historical Newspapers

• 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
• BBC Archive
• Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers
• Nineteenth Century Masterfile
• Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals

The University Libraries’ have an extensive collection of primary documents and reference materials that cover various historical periods in British history such as the Shakespearean and Victorian era.

General Reference Resources

• Bibliography of British and Irish History                                                                                      
• Brepolis Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies
• Dictionary of British History
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online
• The Kings and Queens of Britain
• The Oxford Companion to British History

Database Resources

• British Humanities Index (BHI)
• British Literary Manuscripts Online
• Defining Gender
• Early English Books Online
• State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe, 1509-1782
• Victorian Popular Culture

Historical Newspapers 

• British Library Newspapers 1732-1950
• Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
• Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers
• Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
• Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers

• Early Modern Europe: The Witch Hunts (Internet Archive of Texts & Documents, Hanover College)
• Galdrasyning Strandagaladur : Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft
• Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
• Medieval Sourcebook: Witchcraft Documents [15th Century] Fordham University
• Salem Witch Museum
• Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive & Transcription Project (Univ of Virginia)
• Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
• The Damned Art (University of Glasgow)
• The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697)
• Treatise of Witchcraft
• Witchcraft & Medicine (1484-1793): National Library of Medicine
• Witchcraft Collection (Cornell University Library)
• Witchcraft Legends (Univ. of Pittsburgh)