Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hadrian, Coin Of
Coin of Roman emperor Hadrian.
Curated OER
Etc: Clip Art Etc: Odoacer Compels Augustulus to Yield the Crown
Augustulus is deposed from the crown by Odoacer, and was thus the last Western Roman Emperor.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Julio Claudian Dynasty
This site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York contains wonderful information on the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Pictures are provided along with a somewhat in-depth text that contains links for additional information. This is a...
Vroma Project
V Roma: Arch of Titus
This sensational chunk of information about the Arch of Titus would be very helpful to the researcher. It discusses the age of the arch, why it was built, the history at the time of its construction, relief sculptures on the arch, and...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Histories
This site offers the text of "The Histories" by Tacitus ~ Books I-V.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: War of Austrian Succession
Wikipedia provides detailed information and a hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation on the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Lay Investitures Forbidden
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decree banning investitures.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Death of Frederick Barbarossa
This site, which is provided for by the Medieval Sourcebook of the Fordham University, gives a chronicle describing the death of Frederick Barbarossa.
Other
Scrapbookpages.com: The City of Nurnberg
This site from the Scrapbookpages.com provides information about Nurnberg, the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Famous people who lived and worked in Nurnberg (e.g., the artist Albrecht Durer) are...
Other
The History of Italy
This site provides a detailed history of the Italians and their role in European history.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Procopius: Secret History, Extracts
Fordham University offers extracts from the "Secret History," written by Procopius, describing the dark side of Justinian's rule.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusade of Frederick Ii
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University's Medieval Sourcebook, covers the Fifth Crusade or the Crusade of Frederick II.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: First Banning of Henry Iv
Contains the original text of Gregory VII's first order to excommunicate Henry IV.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Second Banning of Henry Iv
Contains the original text of Gregory VII's second order to excommunicate Henry IV.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Franks
This site from the North Park University provides a brief overview of the Franks which refers to the conversion of Frankish leaders and people to Catholic Christianity.
Other
The Thirty Years War: Summary of the Thirty Years War
This site gives a very clear introduction to the Thirty Years War. You can click on any of the sub-headings for more detailed information.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Raising of the Widow's Son From the Dead (Magdeburg Panel)
The Magdeburg Panel is one of a group of sixteen ivory plaques depicting a cycle of scenes from the Life of Christ. The original set, numbering forty or fifty, decorated a large piece of church furniture in Magdeburg Cathedral.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
Curated OER
Eye Witness: Nero Persecutes the Christians, 64 a.d.
This EyeWitness to History site, which illuminates the past through personal narratives and other first-hand sources, provides a general overview of how Emperor Nero laid blame for the burning of Rome onto the Christians and put many to...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Byzantine Court
Constantine, the first Christian emperor, removed the capital of the world-empire from Rome to Byzantium, henceforth to be called Constantinople. Though the court, with all its splendor and power, was thus transferred to a city where...