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There's a pretty nice selection of primary sources on the Crusades at Paul Halsall's INTERNET MEDIEVAL SOURCEBOOK. Go to http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html But I would agree with Laura McCarty. These sources will make more sense to students who have gained some understanding of the context from secondary sources. These secondary sources will also mention why some of these sources are more reliable than others. Good luck. Paul Teverow Paul Teverow, Ph. D. Professor of History and National History Day Coordinator, Missouri Region 6 Missouri Southern State University 3950 E. Newman Rd Joplin, MO 64801 Office 417-625-3114 Fax 417-625-3091 teverow-p@mssu.edu profteverow@gmail.com >>> Ann Claunch <ann@NHD.ORG> 10/27/2009 7:33 AM >>> Hello: For a topic like the Crusades, they are going to have access to more secondary sources than primary ones. There's no way getting around that, and it's ok, too. So I'd make sure they are reading some solid secondary source books (there are likely ones that are accessible and written at middle school level). It could also be good to talk to a scholar of the topic at a nearby college or university--even someone who teaches freshman surveys of European history and/or the history of technology could probably give them some helpful leads. Many of the available primary sources for the topic may be published translations of accounts of the particular crusade, which are also going to be found in books. I did an Amazon.com search, and some of them are Penguin paperbacks, so they are cheap, if your school library doesn't hold them. There likely are some reputable secondary web sites that deal with this topic, perhaps connected to museums and there are likely some digitized archival sources, like church history. The digitized documents may not be in English. And there are also likely lots of web sites on the topic that are of questionable scholarship. So before they get going on the internet, I'd really make sure they have gotten the broad context from secondary sources. Good luck! Laura T. McCarty Vice President Georgia Humanities Council 50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 595 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-523-6220, ext. 11 404-523-5702 (fax) www.georgiahumanities.org
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