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Medieval Studies

A research guide to help you get started researching in the medieval field.

Description

This page covers Late Antiquity/ Early Medieval history, roughly the period 476 C.E. to 1000 C.E. In order to provide useful information and resources about the period, this page is divided into two subpages. The first subpage "Issues and Topics" provides an introduction to some of the key trends in the period, as well as the subject headings from the Library of Congress that you can use to find material about those topics. The second page "Databases and Books" has recommendations for databases that might have useful scholarship, as well as books that provide a good discussion of the topic.