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Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook | Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page Other History Sourcebooks: African | East Asian | Global | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Lesbian and Gay | Science | Women's IHSP Main Ancient Medieval Modern Subsidiary Sourcebooks African Eastern Asian Global Indian Jewish Islamic Lesbian/Gay Science Women Special Resources Byzantium Medieval Music Saints' Lives Ancient Law Medieval Law Film: Ancient Film: Medieval Film: Modern About IHSP IHSP Credits Editor: Paul Halsall [2019] Welcome to The , a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Primary sources are available here primarily for use in high-school and university/college courses. From the outset the site took a very broad view of the sources that should be available to students and as well as documents long associated with a "western civilization" approach to history also provides much information on Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, Indian, East Asian, and African history. You will also find many documents especially relevant to women's history and LGBT studies. Search engines such as Google now deliver may users directly to relevant documents, but the various Index pages are the key to the best use of this site. You can access the major divisions of the site from the subject indexes at the top of each page. Within each major division the left of each page directs you to more focused indexes. Any given document may me listed in several indexes. The IHSP is both very large and fairly old in Internet terms. At the time it was begun (1996), it was not clear that web sites and the documents made available there would often turn out to be ephemeral. The index pages therefore contained links to the thousands of documents available at this Fordham University website alongside links to documents at other websites. As a result of a process called "link rot" - which means that a "broken link" is a result of someone having taken down a web page - this means some links no longer worked. Since 2000, very few links to external sites have been made and we make efforts is under way to remove bad links. Very often you will be able to find archived versions of such documents by using the Wayback Machine [www.archive.org]. This site at Fordham can now be searched via the Search box at the top of each page. I am always happy to hear from people who wish to submit copy permitted texts to the various sites below. Statement on Copyright and Fair Use The Internet History Sourcebooks Internet Ancient History Sourcebook A "classroom usable" sourcebook of copy-permitted material for Ancient history and civilization courses. Internet Medieval Sourcebook This is an online sourcebook of copy-permitted, although not necessarily copyright-free, source material for Medieval Studies. It is the largest online resource of medieval and Byzantine textual sources. Internet Modern History Sourcebook Now with almost as many online texts as the Medieval Sourcebook, this also constitutes a "classroom usable" sourcebook of copy-permitted material for Modern European history and Modern Civilization courses. North American and Latin American documents are located within its structure. SUBSIDIARY SOURCEBOOKS The following consist of thematically based subsets of texts, with some additional documents and links, of the three main Source-books listed above. Internet African History Sourcebook Internet East Asian History Sourcebook Internet Indian History Sourcebook Internet Islamic History Sourcebook Internet Jewish History Sourcebook Internet History of Science Sourcebook People With a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History Internet Women's History Sourcebook Internet Global History Sourcebook SOURCEBOOK THEMES The following consist of thematically based subsets of texts entirely taken from the three main Sourcebooks listed above, along with documents from the subsidiary source-books Travelers' Accounts Traveler's accounts of their journeys and the lands they visit are important sources in understanding the past. As outsiders, travelers often note aspects of a culture that are too commonplace for local commentators to mention. More than this, travelers often provide some insight into how their own society understood itself in relation to other cultures. Legal History: Ancient and Medieval Historical Studies Websites Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet This page reflect my primary interest as a historian - the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire. Medieval New York A guide prepared by students in my Fordham medieval courses to the Middle Ages in New York City. Comprehensive Bibliographies The Crusades: A Bibliography 2019 [PDF].[See also Items added since 2000 [PDF] Saints: A Research Guide 2005 [PDF] The Byzantine Saint: A Bibliography 2005 [PDF] Listening to Medieval Music 2002 [Discography] Expanded PDF Version Bibliographical Guide to Lesbian and Gay History Bibliography of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Catholic Studies Bibliography of Medieval Courtship and Marriage Ritual v.5.1 [PDF] Articles, etc. Paul Halsall, Life of St. Thomaïs of Lesbos (introduction and translation) in Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints’ Lives in English Translation , edited by Alice-Mary Talbot, Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996. 291-322 [PDF] Paul Halsall: Wedded to Christ: Nuptiality and Gender Reversal in the Lives of Byzantine Male Saints , Byzantine Studies Conference, Wisconsin, 26-28 September 1997, updated version [PDF] Paul Halsall: Male-Bonding: Homosexuality and Friendship in Byzantine Saint's Lives . Queer Middle AgesConference, New York, November 6, 1998 [PDF] Paul Halsall: Men's Bodies, Women's Souls: Sanctity and Gender in Byzantium . PhD Dissertation, Fordham University, New York, 1999 [PDF] Paul Halsall: Judith Bennett's Contribution to Doing a History of and for Lesbians and Gays . Panel 1298: "Lesbian Like" and its Theoretical and Historical Implications for the Study of the History of Women's Sexuality: A Roundtable Discussion with Judith Bennett. 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo MI., May 5, 2000. Paul Halsall: Same-Sex Marriage, the Majesty of the Law, and the Power of Language: _____ and ____vs. the Attorney General of Canada (Affidavit of 2001) . 2001 [PDF] Paul Halsall: Thinking about Historical Film: Is it Worth the Trouble? 2002 [PDF] Paul Halsall: Early Western Civilization under the Sign of Gender: Europe and the Mediterranean (4000BCE-1400CE) , in Blackwell Companion to Gender History , edited by Teresa A Meade and Merry E Wiesner-Hanks, Cambridge: Blackwell, 2005, 285-306. [PDF] Course Web Sites by Paul Halsall Various course websites which reflect the use of IHSP documents. Western Civilisation Courses Core I: Western Civilisation to 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. This includes lecture/class outlines [Archived Version] Core II: Western Civilisation since 1715 A website created for my 2004 course at UNF. This includes lecture/class outlines [Archived Version] Modern History Course: The West: Enlightenment to Presents A page created for my Fall 1998 Modern History survey course at Fordham University, The West: From the Enlightenment to the Present . European History and Historians I A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. This course parallels a typical undergradiuate survey course, but with a reading load directed at graduate students who will be teaching such courses. [Archived Version] European History and Historians II A website created for my 2004 course training graduate students how to teach introductory history courses. This course parallels a typical undergradiuate survey course, but with a reading load directed at graduate students who will be teaching such courses.[Archived Version] Me...