History
In brief
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Overview
The University Library offers publications needed by historians, whether as secondary literature or as source editions, whether in printed or electronic form.
All print and electronic resources can be found in the a-z.lu catalogue. Current issues of print journals are located on the display shelves at the beginning of each collection, classified alphabetically by title. Older issues need to be ordered via a form – see “Journals”. Classification codes are as follows:
- 900: World history and general historical periods
- 930: History of the ancient world
- 940-990: History of the modern world
Selected resources in History
Books
Available at the LLC
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Oldenbourg Grundriss Der Geschichte
series of books published since 1978, where introductions to the world’s historical cultures (e.g.” Greek History”, “The Frankish Empire”, or “History of China 1279-1949”) have been contributed by renowned experts. The volumes are revised at regular intervals and the series is being continually expanded. -
Der Neue Pauly : Enzyklopädie Der Antike
Cancik, Hubert, Schneider, Helmuth, and Pauly, August Friedrich Von. – J.B. Metzler, 1996 -
The Oxford Companion to British History
Crowcroft, Robert, John Cannon – Credo Reference, 2019 -
Das Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA) / The Lexicon of the Middle Ages
Since its publication between 1977 and 1999, Lexma is considered the key German-language reference work on medieval research. It covers questions related to medieval studies from the late antiquity (c. 300 AD) to 1500 AD.
Journals
Available at the LLC on floor +3; the 5 most recent volumes on the shelf, older or discontinued issues on request
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Overview of printed journals on a-z.lu
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L’antiquité classique
An annual Belgian journal focusing on Greek and Roman Antiquity. -
BIOS : Zeitschrift für Biographieforschung, Oral History und Lebensverlaufsanalysen
A journal for biographical research, oral history and life course analysis. -
Blätter für deutsche Landesgeschichte
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Chiron: Mitteilungen der Kommission für alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts
A journal of the Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy, released with an annual periodicity. In Chiron articles are published which cover the area of ancient history including epigraphy, papyrology, numismatics and historic topography. -
Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters
The DA publishes critical studies in preparation for and accompaning MGH editions and reports on the current state of international mediaeval research. -
Geschichte und Gesellschaft: Zeitschrift für historische Sozialwissenschaft
A quarterly journal that aims to encompass all topics concerning the research of Social History. -
Hémecht: Zeitschrift für Luxemburger Geschichte
A quarterly journal on the history of Luxembourg. -
Journal of World History
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Mediaevistik: Internationale Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Mittelalterforschung
This German journal offers a forum for studies in all important European languages and thus stressing and furthering the internationality of this particular field of research. The timeframe is approx. the 5th to the 16th century, corresponding to the geographical boundaries of Latin Christianity in the High Middle Ages. -
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
An Austrian journal of historical studies appearing three times a year. -
Revue belge de philologie et d’histoire
A Belgian journal containing articles presenting original research in the areas of philology and history. The first issue each year is dedicated to Ancient History and Classical Philology, the third issue to Romance, Germanic and Slavonic Philology, the second and fourth to Medieval, Modern and Contemporary History. -
WerkstattGeschichte
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Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters
e-Journals
a-z.lu
Available via a-z.lu for university members with LLC registration
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Overview of databases in a-z.lu
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L’Année Philologique (APh)
Lists international books, reviews and journal articles on all areas of ancient studies, as long as they deal with a topic from the period between 2000 B.C. to about 800 A.D. -
Perseus Digital Library
Historians of ancient times will find a wide range of primary and secondary literature on Greek and Roman history. -
EUROPEANA
Contains archived documents, museum exhibits, texts of all kinds and audiovisual media. -
World Digital Library
Includes texts as well as images, maps, plans and films. -
Gallica
Offers a great deal of historically relevant material, albeit with a clear focus on the history of France. -
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB)
Pursues the goal of making important German cultural history records accessible to as many people as possible free of charge. -
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH)
Best known and most important source collection on the medieval history of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations. -
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Contains texts from all subject areas, whereby the majority of the works were printed in Great Britain and are therefore in English. -
National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile (1933-1945)
As part of the online series “Deutsche Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert / 20th -century German History”, the collection of sources relating to “Nationalsozialismus, Holocaust, Widerstand und Exil / National Socialism, Holocaust, Resistance and Exile” was published by De Gruyter Verlag in 2006. A license is required to access the sources.
Factual databases
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Online Historical Bibliography
This bibliography contains historiographical texts published in the Federal Republic of Germany – i.e., not only on German history, but also on European and non-European history. -
Clio-online
Designed as the main Internet gateway to subject matter relating to German-language historical sciences. -
historicum.net
Provides centralised access to the wide range of historical and related offerings available on the Internet. -
Propylaeum
Virtual library for classical studies run by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich and Heidelberg University Library -
Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Contains important bibliographies (including the Iter Bibliography), subject databases, journals and e-books -
Zeitgeschichte Online
Special features include the online encyclopedia Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte on key contemporary history concepts, to which every user can contribute in the form of comments or additions, as well as the use of non-text media as sources for historical research -
Osmikon
Replacing ViFaOst, continues to offer the services previously found in ViFaOst, while being continuously developed both in terms of content and technology. At the same time, it is the gateway to the Specialised Information Service for Eastern, Eastern-Central and South-Eastern Europe. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). -
Portal on European History
All sections in this portal are concentrated on Europe from the 18th century to the present. Its main focus is on the publication of material (texts, images, maps, etc.) on European history. -
H-Soz-u-Kult
The most important communication platform for German-language historians is the Internet platform H-Soz-u-Kult, again part of the overall Clio-online offering. -
Manuscripta Mediaevalia
Provides free online access to the results of cataloguing German-language manuscripts. Manuscripta Mediaevalia has three main parts: Manuscripts, manuscript collections, manuscript catalogues. -
ArchivesPortalEurope
Provides access to archived source information as well as further information on archives throughout Europe. -
Regesta Imperii
One of the largest and most important source works on German and European history. -
eluxemburgensia
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The digital Bildarchiv des Bundesarchivs
has 12 million photos relating to German history, with a clear focus on the 20th century. Currently, a representative cross-section of some 245,000 of its photos is freely available in a database. -
Virtual Library Historische Hilfswissenschaften
Ancillary sciences help in the preparation and classification of various historical sources. -
Centre virtuel sur la connaissance de l’Europe (CVCE)
The CVCE.eu research infrastructure offered by the University of Luxembourg provides access to thousands of documents and publications on European integration. -
Early Printed Books
Resources for learning and teaching. -
Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA)
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Portal Rheinische Geschichte
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Société internationale pour l’étude des femmes de l’Ancien Régime (SIEFAR)