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History 114 : Origins of the Global South: Paper related to 1492 (HC)
Using Background Information:
Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Publisher: New York : Scribner, c1982-c1989.
A very distinguished encyclopedia done in the 1980s. Check the Supplement volume published in 2004 first for new and updated articles
Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages Series.
A series of volumes devoted to individual countries and to themes. There is greater emphasis on social history topics than in the Dictionary of the Middle Ages.Web Sites
Bibliografía celestinesca
Search this bibliography by title words to find material about the late 15th century work, Celestina, which incorporates prostitution, seduction, betrayal, murder, and suicide.
LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources Online
Includes more than 50 scholarly volumes on Spanish history which can be searched full-text.
Literatura de Mudéjares y Moriscos
This site presents information about and some texts by Mudéjar (Muslims who remained in Spain after the Reconquista) and Morisco (Muslims who converted to Christianity) authors.
Finding Books:
Use the Tripod Catalog to look for relevant books owned by Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore.
marranos [Subject Search]
expulsion jew* spain [keyword search]
The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then using the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more material.
inquisition spain [Subject Search]marranos [Subject Search]
expulsion jew* spain [keyword search]
Tripod - For locating books, journals, and other materials held in the Tri-College libraries. Deliveries within the Trico usually arrive in one or two days. Use the "Request" button. You can mark and then email or print records for multiple items.
WorldCat - An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tri-College Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 179 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan.
Using Journal Articles:
Journal articles and other periodical publications provide scholarly information on specific aspects of history and the history of science. Since articles are generally published on a shorter schedule than books, they can be more-up-to-date. The following indexes are the best ways for you to identify journal articles.
Historical abstracts
Provider: EBSCO
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada which are covered in "America: History and Life"). Includes publications from 1953-present.
Feminae
Provides abstracts and/or citation information to journal articles, book reviews and essays about women, sexuality and gender in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, from 450 C.E. to 1500 C.E. Covers materials published since 1990.
International medieval bibliography-online.
Provides abstracts and citations to articles on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the period 450 to 1500 for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
ATLA religion database + ATLAS
Provider: EBSCO
Provides online access to the entire core collection of more than fifty significant scholarly journals in the field of religion. Also provides citation information for journal articles, book reviews and essays for over 600 journals in the fields of religion and theology. Covers 1949-present.
Working with Primary Sources:
Anthologies of Primary Sources
Collections of primary sources from the medieval and early modern eras are a good place to begin looking for texts related to your research question. The titles below pull together a wide variety of passages in English from a broad range of time periods and types of documents.Browse to gain quick background information and to identify longer texts that may provide information you need:
Medieval Iberia
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997.
"For nearly eight centuries, the Iberian Peninsula was remarkable for its political, religious, cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity. In Medieval Iberia Olivia Remie Constable brings together nearly one hundred original sources [in translation] that testify to the peninsula's rich and sometimes volatile mix of Christians, Muslims, and Jews...each is accompanied by a brief introduction placing the text in its historical and cultural setting."-Publisher's description. Documents from the 15th century concern many of your paper topics including the Inquisition, Muslims, the expulsion of the Jews, and a Morisco appeal for help to the Ottoman sultan.
Christians and Moors in Spain
Publisher: Warminster, England : Aris & Phillips, c1988-
Translations of extracts from chronicles, verse, and other historical accounts written in Spanish, Latin, and Arabic.
Early modern Spain
Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003.
Includes translations of 11 documents dating from 1469 through 1521.
The Expulsion 1492 chronicles
Publisher: North Hollywood, Calif. : Carmi House Press, c1992.
Presents excerpts from 25 chronicles concerning the expulsion of the Jews. Includes a variety of viewpoints with Jewish, Spanish, and Portuguese authors.
The Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1614
Publisher: Indianapolis : Hackett Pub Co., c2006.
"The previously untranslated court documents, practical manuals, and letters collected here depict the Inquisition in vivid detail. This collection also illuminates the ways in which both ordinary individuals and elites actively participated in the turbulent and diverse religious culture of early modern Spain. The texts offer fresh perspectives on such topics as the Inquisition's persecution of converted Jews and Muslims, the role of women in Spanish religious life, the Inquisition's construction and prosecution of witchcraft, the routines of Inquisition prisons, and the relationship between the Inquisition and the Spanish monarchy."--BOOK JACKET.
Translations and Editions of Texts
Editions of texts written in Spain are also available in English translations as well as editions in the original Spanish and other vernaculars as wellas Latin. If you have even a little experience reading the language in question, take a look at a short passage. You may find that it is easier to understand than you expected.Examples include:
Antología sefaradí, 1492-1700 : respuesta literaria de los hebreos españoles a la expulsión de 1492
Publisher: Madrid : Editorial Verbum, 1997.
Black Madonna
Recordings of songs in honor of the Virgin Mary sung by pilgrims in early 15th century Spain
Centre for the Study of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Oxford University)
Includes a database for the Cantigas de Santa Maria (poems in praise of the Virgin Mary and her miracles) written in the second half of the 13th century at the court of King Alfonso X of Castile. The database features a keyword listing with many terms related to crime, sexuality, medicine, and other social concerns.