HIST 3118: Magic and Witchcraft in Europe: Option A
Resources
- Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) This link opens in a new window
- HathiTrust Digital Library HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
- State Papers Online I, 1509-1603 Tudor Domestic This link opens in a new window
- Early Modern England: Society, Culture and Everyday Life This link opens in a new window This database offers rare and invaluable sources for examining the lived experience of people who witnessed this pivotal era of English history. From 'ordinary' people through to more prominent individuals and families, these documents show how everyday working, family, religious and administrative life was experienced across England.
- State Papers Online 1509-1714 Part 3: The Stuarts 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic Digital Archive This link opens in a new window State Papers Online, 1509-1714: Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714: State Papers Domestic is a collection of English government documents originating primarily from the seventeenth century. The Stuarts' internal struggles come to life through a wealth of primary source documents from one of the most compelling and turbulent eras in Britain's social, political, and religious history. Among the more than one million pages of manuscripts, researchers will find accounts of the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I, and the invasion of William of Orange.
- Witchcraft in Europe and America This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection that offers a broad range of documents on an intriguing subject. Included are many rare and fragile manuscripts containing eyewitness accounts and court records of the trials of witches, including harrowing original manuscript depositions taken from the victims in the torture chamber. These documents, in both original manuscript and in print, often reveal the harsh penalties of remote doctrinal disputes.
- Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowDigital curated historical artifacts from over 500 years of world history, curated by Gale and partnering libraries from around the world.
Subject Headings
Use the following to search by subject in the catalog and databases to locate materials on your topic:
Witchcraft -- England-- History
Trials (Witchcraft) history
Trials (Witchcraft) Europe -- history
Witchcraft -- Europe -- History
Witchcraft -- Social aspects -- Europe
Witch hunting -- Historiography
Warlocks -- Europe -- History
Werewolves -- Europe -- History
Witches -- Europe --- History
Demonology -- Social aspects -- Europe
Demonology -- Europe -- History
Magic - Europe - History
Witches
Witchcraft
Occultists
Warlocks
Trials (witchcraft)
Amulets
Charms
To search for a person as a subject enter their name Last Name, First name
If you are interested in the legal context:
Criminal law - [name of country] - history
Criminal procedure - [name of country] -- history
Evidence (Law) -- [name of country] -- History
Criminal Justice, Administration of -- [name of country] -- History
Further paths which might be fruitful:
Moral panics
Deviant behavior -- History
Conformity -- History
Social control -- History
Persecution -- History
Tip
Not sure where to even start finding a primary source? In addition to the resources below, you may also want to check out the resources on the Option B page. Secondary sources can be a great resource for finding primary sources since many will cite them in their references.