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A nineteenth century Vietnamese banknote
Review

Viettouch

Some of the sections under the “Literature” and “History” categories are largely written in Vietnamese and may, therefore, be inaccessible to students. However, the vast majority of the site is in English and well worth a careful read.
Image of a Buddha statue in the lecture hall of Sitague Buddist Academy
Review

Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library

Users willing to delve deeply into the various sections are rewarded with a vast amount of primary materials in the form of texts, videos, images, and maps.
Image of Palenque Ruins in Chiapas, Mexico
Review

Mesoamerican Photo Archives

The excellent images provided here can serve as a stimulus to further research for students interested in Mesoamerican history and in broader comparative history.
Detail from the title page of The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Source

The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

This is an excerpt from the Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España (The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1581).

Detail of an engraving showing Saint Peter's cathedral ca. 1587
Review

Vatican Library

But the best use of this site might be to accept it as an exhibit and encourage students to wander through it themselves, stopping where they choose, so that they discover the beauty and variety of the collection.
Image of a monk praying before Buddha
Review

Urban Dharma, Buddhism in America

Although many of the essays are intended to promote Buddhism and a Buddhist religious perspective, the site also includes English translations of important early South Asian documents.
thumbnail of chart result of how often someone goes to church
Source

Statistics on Catholicism in Poland after the fall of Communism

These figures show the fragility of Catholicism in Poland after the communist era. Whether questioned about matters of doctrine or lifestyle, large numbers of Poles agreed with the stated positions of the Roman Catholic Church.

Image of Francis de Sales whose works are included in the online library
Review

Christian Classics Ethereal Library

This is still quite easily the best single location of source materials in English for the Reformation period online.
Statistics on Polish Catholicism in the Communist Era
Teaching

Long Teaching Module: The Catholic Church in Poland, 1950-2000

Poland is, at first glance, one of the most religiously homogeneous countries on earth.

Painting of a man on horseback.
Teaching

Long Teaching Module: Sati

The status of widows in many societies has been precarious, because the deaths of husbands removed the primary source of their economic well-being as well as control over their sexuality.