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Historical Websites of Interest:

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Ancient World
Medieval History
Early Modern European History
Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century European History
Twentieth-Century European History
British and Irish History

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Researching at Holy Cross
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Electronic Databases: Online databases invaluable for doing research.
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Writing History Papers:
Research Papers in History by Francis Paul Prucha, S.J. : An essential manual to writing research papers in history with a guide to citations and footnotes.
Citation Guide for Internet Sources: A brief citation guide for internet sources in history and the humanities.
Evaluating Information on the Internet Selected Resources: Resources and guides to evaluating information on the web.

Museums and Galleries on the Web:
Worcester Museum of Art: Take a tour of one of the greatest assets of Worcester.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: View the holdings of the country's finest museum.
Louvre: This site is based in Paris at the Louvre Museum.
Metropolitan Museum: This site is based in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Uffizi Gallery: This site is based in Florence at the Uffizi Gallery, founded in the late-sixteenth century by the De Medici family.
The British Museum: Take a virtual tour of the vast holdings at the British Museum in London.
Imperial War Museum: Take a virtual tour of this London museum devoted to war and society in 20th century Britain.
Victoria and Albert Museum: This site offers a glimpse into one of the great museums of applied and decorative arts.
Tate Gallery: One site links you to Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives.
National Gallery: Take a virtual tour of the European paintings held at the National Gallery in London.
Museum of London: Tour a quarter of a million years of London history.
Museum of the British Empire: Site devoted to the recently-established British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Based in Washington, D.C., this site devotes itself to the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history.
Virtual Library of Art Galleries: A gateway to art galleries across the globe.
Virtual Library of Museums Pages: A gateway to all sorts of museums around the world and across history.
Web Gallery of Art: A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1800).

Historical Websites of Interest:

General Sites:
Ancient History Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to Ancient History.
Byzantine Studies on the Internet: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to Byzantine History.
Medieval History Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to Medieval History.
Eurodocs: Hundreds of documents related to the history of Western Europe, set up by Brigham Young University.
Modern History Sourcebook:  Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to modern European History
Internet Women's History Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to women in Western Civilization.
Internet History of Science Sourcebook: Hundreds of documents in the public domain pertaining to science.
Eyewitness to History Detailed, first-hand accounts of what it was like from the ancient world to the modern period.
Internet Encyclopedia on Philosophy: A searchable site to learn about philosophers from antiquity to the present.
Great Buildings Collection: Take a tour of architecture around the world and across history.
WebChron Project: eated and maintained by the history department at North Park University,  series of hyperlinked chronologies developed by the instructors and historical articles prepared by students intended for use in history classes.
WebChron Project: Created by the history department at North Park University, this site offers a series of hyperlinked chronologies.
Western European Studies Section: Online scholarly sources devoted to the study of Western Europe.

Ancient World Sites:
Perseus Project: A digital library dedicated to all aspects of ancient Greek civilization.
Greece in the Bronze Age:  A site devoted to the city of Knossos.
Educated Women in Ancient Society: A site devoted to the lives of women in ancient Greece, Egypt, and Italy.
Diotima: Materials for study of women and gender in the ancient world.
Encyclopedia Mythica: An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore and legend.
The Ancient City of Athens: A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens. Site provided by Indiana University.
Ancient Rome: A vast site, maintained by Providence College, with links to specialized websites on the ancient Roman world.
Roman Architecture in the City of Rome: A photographic site, maintained by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, that is an architectural tour of ancient Rome.
Pompeii Interactive: A site devoted to the Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79 C.E. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Cicero Homepage: Created by the University of Texas at Austin, the site provides information about Marcus Tullio Cicero's life and writings, including his oration.
Map of Ancient Rome: A point and click map of imperial Rome.
A Visual Tour through Late Antiquity: A visual tour of  the people and places of late antiquity through investigation of art, sculpture, and artifacts.

Medieval History Sites:
Medieval Europe: An extensive website, maintained by Providence College, with links to a variety of medieval sites.
The Byzantine Apogee and Decline:  A site dedicated to Byzantine art at the Metropolitan Museum.
Labyrinth: The central website, created and maintained by Georgetown University, devoted to Medieval studies.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Anglo-Saxon Culture: Links to Anglo-Saxon sites.
The Vikings: A site devoted to Viking civilization and history.
Chaucer: A vast site, maintained by Providence College, with links to scholarly Chaucer websites.
Illuminated Manuscripts: A site, maintained by Providence College, with links to websites devoted to illuminated manuscript collections.
Medieval Women: Links to resources on medieval women.
Durham Castle and Cathedral: Take a virtual tour of the 900 year-old Durham Cathedral,  a world-heritage site.
Paris at the Time of Philippe Augustus: Take a tour of late-twelfth century Paris during the reign of Philippe Augustus.
Monarchs and Monasteries: A site about knowledge and power in Medieval France on display at the Library of Congress in the virtual exhibit, "Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale".

Early Modern European History Sites:
Renaissance Europe: An introductory gateway to Renaissance history.
The Path to Royal Absolutism: A site from  the virtual exhibit, "Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale" on display at the Library of Congress.
1492: An Ongoing Voyage: A virtual exhibit created by the Library of Congress.
Colonization and Print in the Americas: A virtual exhibit created by the Library at the University of Pennsylvania.
Columbus Navigation Homepage: A site examining the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus.
Martin Luther: A site devoted to Martin Luther.
Protestant Reformation: Created by MSU, this site has lots of links and provides a starting point to learn more about the Protestant Reformation.
Catholic Reformation: Created by Hanover College, this site provides primary source documents  to study the Catholic Reformation.
Witch Hunts: Created by Hanover College, this site offers primary documents as well as secondary sources to study the Witch Hunts.
Glorious Revolution of 1688: Created by the University of Georgia, the site devotes itself to England's Glorious Revolution of 1688.
The Rise and Fall of the Absolute Monarchy:  A site from  the virtual exhibit, "Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale" on display at the Library of Congress.
The Galileo Project: The Galileo Project, created and maintained by Rice University, is a gateway to learn more about the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time.
The Newton Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this site is devoted to all things Isaac Newton-- his biography, bibliography, resources, and links.
The Palace of Versailles: Take a virtual tour of the Palace of Versailles and learn about the history surrounding Versailles.

Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century European History Sites:
Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert: Site offers translations of articles from Encyclopedie edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
Napoleon: A site devoted to all things Napoleon.
From Empire to Democracy:  A site about France after 1799 from the virtual exhibit, "Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale"  on display at the Library of Congress.
German History Sources: Maintained by California State University, Stanislaus, this site provides links to hundeds of documents in German history from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries.
Child Labor and Industrialization:  Created by Britain's Spartacus Educational, this site explores the history of child labor in the industrial age.
Women and Industrialization: A site, created by the Women and World History curriculum, that explores women and industrial revolution through study of documents.
Industrialization of the Continent: Tables comparing levels of industrialization across Europe.
The Romantic Movement in British Literature: A hypertext source to the works of romantic writers in Great Britain.
Marxist Internet Archive: A site devoted to Marxism with links to an image library and to  the writings by Marxists from the nineteenth century to the present.
Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions: The site provides documents, discussions, bibliographies and other links to the revolutions of 1848.
Women's Suffrage: Created by Britain's Spartacus Educational, this site explores the history of the women's emancipation movement in Britain.
The Crimean War: A site, created by the history department of Hillsdale College, that provides documents on the Crimean War.
The Victorian Web: A hypertext source to the Victorian period in Great Britain.
The Darwin Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this site is devoted to all things Darwin-- his life, writings, and the debates surrounding him.
The Paris Commune Archive: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides history, bibliography and links to the Paris Commune.
Anarchist History: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides history, bibliography and links to anarchist history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Colonialism and Post-Colonialism: Assembled by George Landow from Brown University, this site provides a useful bibliography to studying colonialism, particularly colonial and post-colonial literature.

Twentieth-Century European History Sites:
Trenches on the Web: A site that provides a social, cultural, political and military history of World War One.
WWI Sites and Links: A gateway, created by the University of Kansas, to other World War One web-resources.
World War One Document Archive: An archive of primary documents from World War I that has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).
Art of the First World War: One hundred paintings from international collections to commemorate the 80th anniversary (1998) of the end of the First World War.
Wilfred Owen Digital Media Archive: Created by Oxford University, this site not only provides the poems and writings of Wilfred Owen, but also provides an image library, film clips, and a poetry tutorial.
Versailles Treaty: A site with the text of the complete Treaty from 28 June 1919 as well as links to the documents and images pertaining to the Treaty.
Russian Revolution: A gateway to web resources about the Russian Revolution.
League of Nations: Northwestern University Library's digital collection "League of Nations Statistical and Disarmament Documents" contains the full text of 260 League of Nations documents.
The Freud Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this site is devoted to all things Freud-- his biography, bibliography, resources, and links.
Sigmund Freud-- Conflict and Culture: A virtual exhibit from the Library of Congress devoted to the life and works of Sigmund Freud.
Sigmund Freud and the Freud Archives:  Created by the Brill Library, this site holds a collectionof hypertext sources related to Sigmund Freud and his works.
Bauhaus: A brief history, images, and links to other resources on the Bauhaus and its members.
The Einstein Page: Created by Robert Hatch of the University of Florida, this site is devoted to all things Einstein-- his biography, bibliography, resources, and links.
Revelations from the Russian Archives: A virtual exhibit by the Library of Congress on material from the secret archives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR.
Spanish Civil War: Maintained by Pitzer College, this site provides history, bibliography and links to the Spanish Civil War.
Posters of the Spanish Civil War: Propaganda posters from Republicans and Fascists fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
The Nazi Olympics: A virtual exhibit by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Documents of World War II: Created by Mount Holyoke College, this site provides links to documents of World War II.
Powers of Persuasion: Created by the National Archives, this site displays propaganda posters from World War II.
Nazi Propaganda: Created by the CAS department of Calvin College, this site explores written and visual propaganda from Nazi Germany.
Atomic Bomb: A site that provides primary source documents pertaining to the decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of the war.
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial: Created by the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School, this site provides transcripts to the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.
International Human Rights: Created by the University of Minnesota, this site provides links to documents relating to international human rights after World War II.
Postcolonial Studies: Created by the English department at Emory University, this site provides an introduction to postcolonial literature.
East German Propaganda: Created by the CAS department of Calvin College, this site explores written and visual propaganda from the German Democratic Republic.
Cold War Timeline: A site that provides a hypertext chronology to the Cold War.
Chronology of Russian History: Created by Bucknell University, this site provides a hypertext chronology to Russian History.
The Marshall Plan: A site created in 1997 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan.
United Nations: The homepage of the United Nations.
The European Union Online: Official website of the European Union.
Concrete Curtain: Virtual Exhibit of the Cold War through an examination of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.

British and Irish History Resources:

Public Record Office
British Library
National Archives of Ireland
National Library of Ireland
The Victorian Web: A hypertext source to the Victorian period in Great Britain.
Victorian Research Web: Scholarly Resources for Victorian Research set up by Patrick Leary of the Victoria List for Victorian Studies.
Online Guide to writing about British and Irish History: Royal Historical Society's bibliographical guide.
CELT: An online resource for Irish history, literature and politics.
London's Past Online: A bibliographic site of London history produced by the Centre for Metropolitan History.
British Empire Studies: Set up by Alexander Schulenburg, site promotes research into the history of the British Empire.
History of the United Kingdom Documents: Site within Brigham Young University's EuroDocs collection.
More British links: Site of links from Stuart Semmel's webpage at the University of Delaware.
Charles Booth Online Archive: Created by London School of Economics, site examine Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886-1903.