Auxiliary Sciences of History Literature

This article contains a bibliography of works that deal with the historical auxiliary sciences. I have the works organized alphabetically by language and then within those divisions chronologically by the oldest date to the most recent.

This is a useful reference for anyone looking to become more familiar with the auxiliary sciences of history.

English

Charles Victor Langlois & Charles Seignobos. Chapter 2 of “Introduction to the Study of History” (1906). https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9781597407298&i=stripbooks&linkCode=qs. Accessed 4 May 2021.

Karol Maichel. “Guide to Russian reference books 2 History, auxiliary historical sciences, ethnography, and geography” (1964). https://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-russian-reference-books-2-history-auxiliary-historical-sciences-ethnography-and-geography/oclc/1222478172&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

“WRITINGS ON BRITISH HISTORY 1 Auxiliary sciences and general works.” (1968). https://www.worldcat.org/title/writings-on-british-history-1-auxiliary-sciences-and-general-works/oclc/1070060122&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

French

Charles Victor Langlois & Charles Seignobos. “Les «sciences auxiliaires»” in “Introduction aux études historiques” (1897). https://books.openedition.org/enseditions/282?lang=en. Accessed 4 May 2021.

Eugène Philippe Lelong. “Les sciences auxiliaires de l’histoire du droit” (1900). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_sciences_auxiliaires_de_l_histoire_d/TgsOAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Robert Delort. “Introduction aux sciences auxiliaires de l’histoire” (1969). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Introduction_aux_sciences_auxiliaires_de/ek9BvgEACAAJ?hl=en. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Luc Francis Genicot. “Introduction aux sciences auxiliaires traditionelles de l’histoire de l’art” (1984). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Introduction_aux_sciences_auxiliaires_tr/5KdAvwEACAAJ?hl=en. Accessed 3 May 2021.

German

The Tubingen Treatise (1734). Who wrote this? Where is it today? It allegedly includes the term “elementa et adiumenta historica” (“Grundlegende und unterstützende Geschichtswissenschaft”/”Basic and supporting Historical science”).

Anselm Desing. “Auxilia Historica, Oder Behülff Zu denen Historischen und dazu erforderlichen Wissenschafften” (1741). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Auxilia_Historica_Oder_Beh%C3%BClff_Zu_denen/EXkd6w-wlQUC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 4 May 2021.

Johann Christoph Gatterer. “Handbuch zur Universalgeschichte” (1765). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Johann_Christoph_Gatterers_Handbuch_der/2mubsU26oHEC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Gottfried Uhlich. “Die historischen Hilfswissenschaften” (1780). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_historischen_Hilfswissenschaften_Als/T2AiK1kd9B8C?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Johann Georg Fessmaier. “Grundriss der historischen hilfswissenschaften” (1802). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Grundriss_der_historischen_hilfswissensc/qdw9AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Oscar Gracklauer. “Verzeichniss von Schriften aus dem Gebiete der historischen Hilfswissenschaften, welche von 1857 bis 1882 im deutschen Buchhandel erschienen sind” (1882). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Verzeichniss_von_Schriften_aus_dem_Gebie/KNFZwAEACAAJ?hl=en. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Peter Rück. “Historische Hilfswissenschaften” (1989). https://www.worldcat.org/title/historische-hilfswissenschaften/oclc/251805749&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Petra Hauke. “Spezialbibliotheken in Deutschland: Geschichte, historische Hilfswissenschaften” (1996). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Geschichte_Historische_Hilfswissenschaft/UvXgAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Johannes Burkardt. “Die Historischen Hilfswissenschaften in Marburg” (1997). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Die_Historischen_Hilfswissenschaften_in/_C4WAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

“Historische Hilfswissenschaften in der Gegenwart : Anforderungen und Perspektiven ; Herrn Prof. Dr. Walter Zöllner zum 65. Geburtstag” (2002). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historische_Hilfswissenschaften_in_der_G/0y4WAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&kptab=getbook. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Toni Diederich & Joachim Oepen. “Historische Hilfswissenschaften: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung” (2005). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historische_Hilfswissenschaften/fpEDVaj0nI8C?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Rainer Kahsnitz. “Historische Hilfswissenschaften und Kunstgeschichte” (2005). https://www.worldcat.org/title/historische-hilfswissenschaften-und-kunstgeschichte/oclc/886271637&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Sönke Lorenz & Stephan Molitor. “Text und Kontext : historische Hilfswissenschaften in ihrer Vielfalt” (2011). https://www.worldcat.org/title/text-und-kontext-historische-hilfswissenschaften-in-ihrer-vielfalt/oclc/909368316&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Hiram Kumper. “Materialwissenschaft Mediävistik: eine Einführung in die historischen Hilfswissenschaften” (2014). https://www.worldcat.org/title/materialwissenschaft-mediavistik-eine-einfuhrung-in-die-historischen-hilfswissenschaften/oclc/893894438&referer=brief_results. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Christian Rohr. “Historische Hilfswissenschaften: Eine Einführung” (2015). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historische_Hilfswissenschaften/V4ueDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 2 May 2021.

Eckart Henning. “Auxilia Historica: Beiträge zu den Historischen Hilfswissenschaften und ihren Wechselbeziehungen” (2015). https://www.amazon.com/Auxilia-Historica-Eckart-Henning/dp/341202399X. Accessed 4 May 2021.

Latin

Jeremias David Reuss. “Historia; Subsidia Historica; (Geoegraphia; Chronologia; Monumenta Veterum Populorum; Inscriptiones; Numi Et Res Numaria; Ars Diplomatica; Heraldica;) Historia Universalis; Historia Generis Humani; Historia Mythica; Historia Specialis; Asiae; Africae; Americae; Europae; Historia Ecclesiastica; Historia Litterarica” (1810). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historia_Subsidia_Historica_Geoegraphia/48xiAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 4 May 2021.

Russian

Введение в специальные исторические дисциплины: Учебное пособие / О. В. Дмитриева и др.; ред. В. В. Белугина. — М.: Изд-во МГУ, 1990. — 280 с. — 22 000 экз. — ISBN ISBN 5-211-01040-X. http://greybooks.ru/vvedenie-v-specialnye-istoricheskie-discipliny-p-38849.html. Accessed 3 May 2021.

“For the first time in the Russian literature, the textbook examines the content, history of development and the current state, methods of scientific analysis of auxiliary historical disciplines: metrology, chronology, onomastics, genealogy, heraldry, numismatics, cartography of the Western European Middle Ages. The edition contains illustrations of old maps, coins, emblems, etc.
For students of university history departments.”
– Quote is a translation from the above link

Spanish

Francisco M. Gimeno Blay. “Las llamadas ciencias auxiliares de la historia” (1986). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Las_llamadas_ciencias_auxiliares_de_la_h/Zz8MEXr4PHIC?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.

Adolfo Enrique Rodriguez. “Ciencias auxiliares de la historia” (1992). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ciencias_auxiliares_de_la_historia/eowLAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 3 May 2021.