Website Resource Review

News as of 4:06 PM:

Viking 'Mickey Mouse' Brooch Found
Earthtimes.org
LUND, Sweden, June 9 Swedish archaeologists say a women's brooch found at a Viking site bears an image of an animal head looking remarkably like Mickey Mouse...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/71152.html

There's a distinct lack of news today, at least as of 1:30 in the afternoon. So, it's time for another website recommendation.

The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
This site is made up of translations of the original source texts. As said translations are taken from the public domain, they are not the newest translations, but still good. Translations at the Medieval Sourcebook date from a range. Examples for different documents include 1917 and 1890. Very often, the site links to other full-text sites and universities.

The site is broken down into several sections:
- Selected Sources
- Full Text Sources
- Saints Lives

And, it's also set up by region or by time period.

My first introduction to the site was when one of my college teachers used it for one of the course textbooks. As a result, I tend to assume good things about all of the Sourcebooks on the site. I still use it for references and recommend it to others.

The fact that it's hosted by Fordham University is, in my mind another way to assume it's reliability.

Post for May 12

Well, there is some history related news today after all.
New articles as of 5:00 PM

Latin Storms State Schools
Guardian Unlimited
'Res ipsa loquitur,' (the thing speaks for itself) said MP and columnist Boris Johnson when asked to describe his love for Latin...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2078564,00.html



No new news articles to be found today. Instead on days like this, I'll post useful history website reviews or I'll post something about a book on the topic that I've read.

The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

This is a website comprised of English translations of ancient greek and roman texts such as Suetonius, Thucydides or Tacitus, just to name a couple of examples. All of the translations come from the public domain, and so are often from older versions of the translations. Also on the site are other sourcebooks for Medieval history and for other specific history topics such as Womens history.

Some of the texts are full texts, some are only partial. The site is sorted by both region and time-period.