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Spring 2009 - Prof. Barnes
Questions? Please contact Sara Swanson (704.894.2157)
Finding Primary Sources
Primary sources related to witchcraft in pre-modern Europe can be found using library catalogs, digital collections (both subscription-based and on the Web),
and other resources, including reprints of original documents.
Library Catalogs
The Davidson College Library Catalog contains information about primary source materials owned by Davidson. WorldCat lists primary source materials held in libraries around the world. If Davidson does not have a copy of what you need, use Interlibrary Loan to request it.
Note: Rare and archival materials cannot be borrowed on interlibrary loan. You can sometimes locate microfilm or microfiche copies of these documents in WorldCat; try doing an advanced search, enter your keywords or subject terms, and then apply a “subtype limit,” choosing “Microform” as the format.
To locate primary sources in a library catalog, do a keyword search and add one or more of the following words:
- sources
- correspondence
- diaries
- personal narratives
Or, try a subject search using one of the following subject headings:
- Magic history sources
- Witchcraft history sources
Digital Collections
- 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
(c. 1603-1800) Contains digital facsimiles of approximately 1,270 seventeenth and eighteenth-century English newspapers from the British Library’s Burney Collection; includes many London papers as well as some English provincial, Scottish, Irish, and colonial North American papers. The full text of these newspapers, including all articles, advertisements, and other contents, is keyword-searchable.
- Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection
(1400-1850) Contains works on canon law, the Inquisition, demonology, torture, trial testimony, and narratives.
Note: This online collection is only a portion of Cornell’s Witchcraft Collection. Davidson has a copy of the Catalogue of the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University Library (Millwood, NY: KTO Press, 1977), which is shelved in Reference at call number R 016.13 C814c.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
(1475-1700) Includes over 125,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, almanacs, and other publications printed in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and British North America from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
Note: Includes only a small number of periodicals.
To print more than a citation or one page of a document, you need to add a record to your marked list, then click on the “Marked List” button at the top of the page. Click on “Download document image sets in PDF format.” Then choose “Download entire document.” Once the document is downloaded, you can print out a range of pages or the entire document using the print function in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
(1701-1800) Contains the full text of 150,000 books, pamphlets, almanacs, advertisements, songs, and other materials published in Great Britain and British North America during the eighteenth century; provides digital facsimiles of each of these works.
Note: To print a document, click on the “Print/View PDF” button on the left side of the page. Then, choose the third option: “View/print up to 50 pages in PDF format.” You must enter a page range for this option to work.
- The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
From Georgetown University. Provides links to primary and secondary sources.
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey London, 1674 to 1834
(1674-1834)
Provides the full text of the proceedings of over 100,000 trials along with original page images and background information on trial procedures, verdicts, and the types of crimes tried. The Old Bailey was the central criminal court for the City of London and the County of Middlesex.
- Women Writers Online
Contains the full text of over 200 works written by women in the period 1400-1850.
Note: Many libraries and archives are in the process of scanning materials and posting them on the Web. These can be excellent materials. As always, be cautious about using materials that you find on the "Open Web"; remember to evaluate everything you find!
Other Resources
- ARTstor
A collection of over 900,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and the social sciences; covers a wide range of cultures and time periods. Also includes tools to manipulate and analyze the images.
- English Witchcraft, 1560-1736. Ed. James Sharpe and Richard M. Golden. 6 vols. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2003.
Little Library Stacks 133.4 E58
- Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft. Henry Charles Lea. Philadelphia, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1939. 3 vols. New York: AMS Press, 1986.
Little Library Stacks 133.4 L433m
- Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History. Philadelphia, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Dept. of History, 1897-1907. 6 vols. New York: AMS Press, 1971
Little Library Stacks 940 P77t
- Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History. Ed. Alan Charles Kors and Edward Peters. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
Little Library Stacks 133.4 W8195
- The Witchcraft Sourcebook. Ed. Brian P. Levack. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Little Library Stacks 133.4 W8199
Finding Secondary Sources
Books
Use library catalogs to find books, videos, government documents, journals, magazines, and newspapers. The Davidson College Library Catalog contains information about materials owned by Davidson. WorldCat lists materials held in libraries around the world. If Davidson does not have a copy of what you need, use Interlibrary Loan to request it.
When searching for books and other materials in a catalog, try searching by keyword, author, or title. You may also search by Library of Congress subject headings. To locate appropriate subject headings, do a keyword search and then browse records. Helpful subject headings include:
- Demonology
- Magic history
- Superstition
- Trials witchcraft [name of country]
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft early works to 1800
- Witchcraft [name of country] history
- Witchcraft Europe history
- Witches
For a list of helpful reference materials held by the Davidson College Library, click here.
Articles
Core Resources
- Historical Abstracts
(1450 to present [historical time period covered]; 1954 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles, review of scholarly books, and doctoral dissertations on world history, excluding the history of the U.S. and Canada.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
Time Period Searches: search by decade or century only.
To search for a decade, use the format xxxxD (example: 1940D).
To search for a range of decades, use the format xxxxD xxxxD or the format xxxxD OR xxxxD.
Note: For more than five decades, search by century (see below).
To search for a century, use the format xxxxH (example: 1900H).
To search for a range of centuries, use the format xxxxH xxxxH.
- ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(400-1700 [historical time period covered]; 1842 to present [publication date of articles and books indexed]) Indexes scholarly articles and books on topics related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use a dollar sign $.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
- International Medieval Bibliography
Reference R 016.914 I61
(400-1500 [historical time period covered]; 1967 to present [publication dates of articles indexed] Indexes scholarly articles, essays, and conference papers on a wide range of topics related to the Middle Ages in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. International in scope.
Other Resources
- ATLA Religion Database
(1949 to present) Indexes journal articles and essays related to world religions, church history, and Biblical studies; also includes some book reviews. ATLA has a strong focus on Western religions.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: automatic.
Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
- Essay & General Literature Index
(1985 to present) Indexes chapters and essays in edited collections.
Search Syntax
Truncation: unnecessary when using “All-Smart Search”; otherwise, use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
Wildcard: do not use with “All-Smart Search”; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
- Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index, from Margaret Schaus at Magill Library, Haverford College
(1450-1500 [historical time period covered]; 1990 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles, essays, and book reviews on women, sexuality, and gender in medieval Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
- Humanities Abstracts
(1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all humanities subjects, including history, classics, art, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religion.
Search Syntax
Truncation: unnecessary when using “All-Smart Search”; otherwise, use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
Wildcard: do not use with “All-Smart Search”; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
- JSTOR
Includes PDF copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use a plus sign +.
Phrase Searching: automatic
- Periodicals Index Online
(c. 1665-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes articles from humanities and social sciences periodicals from their first issues to 1995. Particularly useful for locating references to articles from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. International in scope.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: automatic.
- Project Muse
Includes PDF and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
- Web of Knowledge
(c. 1900 to present) A multidisciplinary resource that provides citations to articles in over 10,000 journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Search Syntax
Truncation: use an asterisk *.
Phrase Searching: use double quotation marks “ ”.
Wilcard: use a question mark ?.
Reference Resources
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. Joseph R. Strayer. 13 vols. New York: Scribner, 1982-1989.
Reference R 909 D554
Note: The Library also has the supplement to this set (Reference R 909 D554-s).
- Encyclopedia of European Social History from 1350 to 2000. Ed. Peter N. Stearns. 6 vols. New York: Scribner’s, 2001
Reference R 306.094 E56
- Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. 15 vols. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2005.
Reference R 203 E562 2005
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Ed. Andre Vauchez. 2 vols. Chicago, IL: Fitroy Dearborn, 2000.
Reference R 909.07 E56
- Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. 6 vols. New York: Scribner’s, 1999.
Reference R 940.2 E56
- Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Culture, Society, and History. Ed. Fedwa Malti-Douglas. Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2007.
- Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Ed. Jonathan Dewald. 6 vols. New York: Scribner’s, 2004.
Reference R 940.2 E89
- The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft. Rosemary Ellen Guiley. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
Reference R 133.4 G956e
- Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485. Ed. Ronald H. Fritze and William B. Robison. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
Reference R 942.03 H6731
- Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689. Ed. Ronald H. Fritze and William B. Robison. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.
Reference R 942.06 H673
- Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603. Ronald H. Fritze. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
Reference R 942.04 H673
- Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft. Michael D. Bailey. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
Reference R 133.4 B155h
- The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Ed. David Rundle. Abingdon: Helicon Publishing, 2005.
- The Longman Handbook of Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763. Chris Cook and Philip Broadhead. New York: Longman, 2001.
Reference R 940.2 C771L
- Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. Ed. Carl Lindahl, et al. 2 vols. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Reference R 398 M489
- Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. Ed. William W. Kibler, et al. New York: Garland, 1995.
Reference R 914.4 M489
- Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. Ed. John M. Jeep. New York: Garland, 2001.
Reference R 943.02 M489
- Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Ed. E. Michael Gerli. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Reference R 946.02 M489
- Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Seán Duffy. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Reference R 941.5 M489
- Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Christopher Kleinhenz. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Reference R 945.03 M489
- New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. 15 vols. Washington, DC: Catholic Univ., 2003.
Reference R 282 C36n2
- New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner’s, 2005.
Reference R 901.0 D554 2005
Note: The Library also has a copy of the first edition, the Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip. P. Wiener (5 vols.; New York: Scribner, 1973-1974), shelved in Reference at call number R 901.9 D554.
- Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain. New York: Garland, 2001.
Reference R 942.05 T912
- Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Margaret Schaus. New York: Routledge, 2006.
Reference R 305.409 W8721
- Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Katharina M. Wilson and Nadia Margolis. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.
Reference R 305.409 W872
Bibliographies
- International Medieval Bibliography. Leeds, Engand: Univ. of Leeds, 1967-.
Reference R 016.914 I61
- Medieval Heresies: A Bibliography. Carl T. Berkhout and Jeffrey B. Russell. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1981.
Reference R 016.273 B512m
- Women in Western European History: A Select Chronological, Geographical, and Topical Bibliography. Comp. Linda Frey, et al. 2 vols plus supplement. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1982-1986.
Reference R 016.3 F8931w
Biographical Information
- An Annotated Index of Medieval Women. Anne Echols and Marty Williams. New York: M. Wiener, 1992.
Reference R 920.7 E18a
- Biography Reference Bank. H. W. Wilson, 2003-.
- The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Clayton J. Drees. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Reference R 920.04 L351
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Reference R 920 N2111
Note: See also the first edition: Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee (22 vols; 1885-1901; reprinted London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1963-1965), shelved in Reference at call number R 920 N211.
- The Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Jana K. Schulman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Who’s Who in the Middle Ages. Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.
Reference R 920.04 S673w
Related Guides
Thanks to Susanna Boylston, Head of Library Instruction and Collection Development, who created an earlier version of this guide.
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