The Medieval Page:
Sources for Medieval Studies on the WWW

The WWW offers a vast array of sites in the area of Medieval Studies. Those listed below can be considered at best a sampling of what is available, according to this author's own criteria, system of organization, and patience for searching. This site is composed of pages I have constructed and links to various subjects. For the reader's convenience, the sites found so far have been organized this way: major, umbrella collections (several subjects grouped together) have been placed first; individual subject areas follow below. There will be some overlapping of sites, but I hope that this method will combine both convenience and inclusiveness. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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Multi-Subject Medieval Sites

• ARTFL Project, University of Chicago "Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language." Many relevant sites, including: Textes de Francais Ancien; a Provencal poetry database; Diderot's encyclopedia; bibliographies; links to other sites of French interest and some sites on early Italian literature.
• Byzantine and Medieval Links Index From Fordham University.
• Medievalists.net "This site explores all aspects of medieval history and medieval society. Anyone interested in the Middle Ages - historians, academics, writers, bloggers, historical reenactors, readers - is welcome."
• The ORB : The On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies Includes, texts, course syllabi, and reference sources. Now at College of Staten Island, City University of New York.
• The Heroic Age "A journal of early medieval northwestern Europe" This is the Links page.
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook By Paul Halsall.
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies From Georgetown University. Mediaevum.de An enormous collection of highly- organized lists of links. Sites for undergraduates and more advanced readers. Link is to the smaller English-language site; the full treatment is in German.
• Medieval Sources Online A bit unorganized but rich in links to manuscripts and manuscript collections. From Brother Anthony at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
• Medieval Studies/Cultural Studies A Bibliography from 1995.
• Misconceptions About the Middle Ages An online "book" put together by Steve Harris of Loyola University, Chicago.
• NetSERF "The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources." Webmaster: Beau Harbin of the Catholic University of America.
• Princeton University's Index of Christian Art
• Medioevo.Roma Extensive site, in Italian, dedicated to medieval Rome.

Societies of Medieval Interests

• Society for Late Antiquity Web Page Links to many other Late Antiquity sites, and references to Classics and Byzantine sites, many relevant electronic texts and many, many other sources.

• Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Follow links to the Conference.

• Australian Association for Byzantine Studies Macquarie University, Sydney.

• Byzantine Studies Conference Program and registration information for each Conference.

• Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies.

• Historians of Islamic Art
  "...a private, non-profit, non-political organization, whose purpose is to promote the study and teaching of the arts and architecture of the Islamic world and to facilitate communication among those engaged in scholarly or other professional activities related to this field."

• Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA

• International Boethius Society

• The International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University. Information on the Congress and links.

• The Medieval Academy of America

• Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

• International Center of Medieval Art

• Library of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame

• The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University.

• Texas Medieval Association Beautifully designed; they also have their own conferences.

• Center for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds

• Glasgow University Hellenic Web-Page

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MedievalListservs

Medieval Blogs

• The Middle Ages Get Medieval. From Paula Stiles.
• Digital Medievalist "To discuss proposals for articles, recommend a work for review, or to enquire about opportunities to serve as a reviewer, please contact the general editor, daniel.odonnell@uleth.ca."

Online Journals of Medieval Interest

• CONCILIUM MEDII AEVI In German.
• DIFFERENT VISIONS: A JOURNAL OF NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIEVAL ART "...dedicated to progressive scholarship on medieval visual culture and will feature articles employing contemporary postmodern and poststructuralist theoretical frameworks. Although the journal is devoted to visual culture, it welcomes submissions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives."
• Digital Medievalist. "DM is an on-line, open access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the use of digital tools and media in the study of medieval culture. Its inaugural issue was published in April, 2005."
• Essays in Medieval Studies Proceedings of the Illinois Medieval Association.
• Electronic bulletin of the Dante society of America "founded in 1995 in the hope of offering...an opportunity for the publication of brief notes (1,500 words or fewer) concerning any and all matters relating to the study of Dante."
• Exemplaria This has abstracts of the full articles.
• Heliotropia An online journal of Boccaccio studies from Michael Papio at Brown University.
• The Heroic Age "A journal of early medieval northwestern Europe"
• Lectura Dantis "a journal of Dante research and interpretation. It was published twice a year, in the Fall and in the Spring, by the Italian Program, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Virginia from 1987 to 1998." In process of being published online via the Italian Studies Department at Brown University.
• Medieval Forum. Formerly at SFSU. Gone broke, or in a terminally bad mood, or some such. Stay VERY FAR AWAY!! (They told me to say that)
• The Medieval Review From the University of Michigan.
• Medievales "...publishes articles on all aspects of the middle Ages: history, literature and linguistics but also law, archaeology and history of art. Each issue contains a thematic subject, often resulting from a seminar or teamwork, coordinated by a specialist. Articles on the most diverse subjects are also published under the rubric "Essais et recherches". The rubric "Point de vue" proposes crossed readings of a work or critical bulletins on current themes of research. Reader's notes on recent works are included in each number." In French.
• Pecia : Ressources en medievistique Beautiful Web site; always looking for contributions.
• PEREGRINATIONS "An online juried journal devoted to the study of medieval art and architecture...For future issues we are actively seeking articles on any aspect of medieval art and architecture, including: long and short scholarly articles, scholarly book reviews, review articles on issues facing the field of medieval art history, interesting notes and announcements, useful website recommendations, new archeological discoveries, and recent museum acquisitions as well as calls for papers and conference listings." Please see the Web site for more information.
• Perspicuitas "INTERNET-PERIODICUM Fuer MEDIAVISTISCHE SPRACH-, LITERATUR- UND KULTURWISSENSCHAFT."
• Reti Medievali "On line Initiative for Medieval Studies".
• A collection of medieval and related e-journals "The History Journals Guide" by Sefan Blaschke.
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies Periodicals A collection of links--sometimes more--esp. plentiful for Medieval Studies. Part of the "Andy Holt Virtual Library History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Department Periodical Collection" [sic].

Medieval Religion and Philosophy

• The Society for Late Antiquity has a very large collection of electronic texts.
• Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents From Dumbarton Oaks. "These files are presented here in advance of the print publication to facilitate access to the material. Scholars citing the text should check the printed edition due in 1999 as small changes may result from final proofing during the preparation of the indexes."
• The Catholic EncyclopediaThe online version of the 1908 edition.
• Christian Classics Library
• Church History and Historical Theology To 1600. From the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University.
• The Bible Gateway: Book List for Latin-Vulgate
• St. Julian of Norwich
• Medieval Diplomatic and the 'ars dictandi'
• The Society for Early English and Norse Texts
• El Camino de Santiago Illustrated virtual pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela. From UCLA.
• The Rule of St. Benedict

Sources for Medieval History

See also Medieval Course Web Sites below.

• De Re Militari
• Storia Militare Medievale By Giovanni Amatuccio. In Italian.
• Crusades-Encyclopedia Everything you need to know, almost. Includes an extensive bibliography of online articles.
• Medieval History A collection of sites for literature and art as well as history.
• The Medieval World Heavy on battles, warfare, armor, etc.
• On Medieval Cordoba
• The Bayeux Tapestry--animated!

Witchcraft

Here begins a site on Witchcraft.

• The Malleus Maleficarum "of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. Unabridged online republication of the 1928 edition. Introduction to the 1948 edition is also included. Translation, notes, and two introductions by Montague Summers."
• HEXENFORSCHUNG Archive The Archive for this listserv on witchcraft. In English and German.
• Witchcraft Documents from the 15th century From the Medieval Sourcebook.

Women in Medieval History and Religion

There are many sites for this topic; here are some to get you started.

General Sites

• Internet Women's History Sourcebook By Paul Halsall.
• Feminae This "covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages." Continues "The Medieval Feminist Index."
• Sex, Society, and Medieval Women By N. M. Heckel from the University of Rochester.
• Medieval Sex and Sexuality From the Decameron Web at Brown University.
• Bloody Women and Bloody Spaces By Joan R. Branham, from The Harvard Divinity Bulletin No publication date given.
• Medieval Women Writers Syllabus of a course from Rice University.
• Christian + Feminist "This page is dedicated to the proposition that faith and feminism are not mutually exclusive." Many links from all over history and the world.
• Women in the Christian Tradition
• Medieval Women & War. A reference tool composed by Prof. Valerie Eads.
• A Bibliography of Women Writers of the Middle Ages A site from Fordham University.
• Medieval Women Writers A project to post writings in several languages from the Five Colleges of Ohio.
• Epistolae "a collection of letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century...originally collected and translated by Professor Joan Ferrante of Columbia University."

The Beguines

• The Beguines by Elizabeth T. Knuth.
• The Beguines From the site "Marginality and Community in Medieval Europe" built by students at Kenyon College. Essays, bibliogrphies, links. Very well done.
• Beguines & Beghards From the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia with lots of ads.
• The Beguines: Feminine Piety Derailed by Marygrace Peters, O.P., a Dominican sister.
• Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines by Abby Stoner.

The Empress Theodora of Byzantium (sixth century)

• Theodora and the Nika Revolt From Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.
• The Secret History by Procopius of Caesarea. From the very energetic Paul Halsall.
• Byzantine Art as Propaganda: Justinian and Theodora at Ravenna From Philolog, "Classical connections - commentary and critique."
• Empress Theodora: Patronage (Matronage) in Byzantium. Abstract of an article given at a conference by Gwen M. McKinney.
• Procopius and the imperial panels of S. Vitale By Irina Andreescu-Treadgold and Warren D. Treadgold. Full-text article from the Art Bulletin, December 1997.
• The Dinner Party: Place Setting: Theodora Theodora as re-imagined by Judy Chicago.
• Theodora dolly.

Matilda of Tuscany (1046-1115)

See right. from Cod. Vat. lat. 4922 (1115).

• On Matilda. From the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911.
• On Matilda. From the Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1911.
• The Very Model of a Medieval General: A Website Dedicated to the Career of Matilda of Tuscany.
• Letters sent to and received by Matilda. From the "Epistolae" site.
• Reading Matilda: The Self-Fashioning of a Duchess. Abstract of an article in Essays in Medieval Studies by Rosalind Jaeger Reynolds.
• On an exhibition celebrating Matilda in Tuscany.

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

• Hildegard.org Everything
• Entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia From vol. VII, 1910.
• The Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen
• Working Group for the Promotion of the Tradition of Hildegard A collection of links from Bingen, Germany.
• A Discography From Pierre-F. Roberge.
• The Dinner Party: Place Setting: Hildegarde of Bingen By Judy Chicago.

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204)

• Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) From the Women in World History Curriculum.
• Eleanor of Aquitaine From "The World of Royalty."
• Eleanor of Aquitaine Good for coverage of her development of courtly culture.
• Reviews of Amy Kelly's Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings. a famous study.
• The Dinner Party: Place Setting: Eleanor of Aquitaine By Judy Chicago.

Christine de Pizan (1363-1430)

• Biography From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Christine de Pizan From Hundred Years' War Web Page.
• Diti de Jehanne D'Arc Full text with notes on Christine de Pisan's poem on Joan of Arc.
• A biography and a selection of her writings.
• A short biography and some links.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

• Entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia from vol. VIII, 1910.
• Joan of Arc: 1412-1431 The site from her museum in Rouen, France.
• Her letter to the King of England, 1429 From Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.
• The International Joan of Arc Society
• Joan of Arc as described by Johan Nider On Joan as a witch by a contemporary.
• How Joan escaped the stake and lived happily ever after More da Vinci-style paranoia?

Women, Men, and Gender Topics

• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index Formerly the Medieval Feminist Index.

• Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship

• "The Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) is compiling a list of dissertations, both in progress and recently completed, which will be published annually in Medieval Feminist Forum and posted online. We hope that this list will provide a resource for graduate students and recent PhDs, not only for becoming acquainted with colleagues' projects, but also to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and future collaborations. If your dissertation is on a medieval topic, and takes a feminist approach or deals with gender, women, or other related areas, please send your information in the following format to Jennifer Borland (Graduate Student Representative, SMFS Advisory Board) at jborland@stanford.edu. Please send by February 18, 2005 to be included in the Summer 2005 issue of MFF. [Posted on MEDART-L, 4 November 2004]
• Women and Hagiography in Medieval Christianity Compiled by Prof. Thomas Head of Hunter University.
• Women in the Middle Ages. Syllabus for a course at Columbia University taught by Caroline Bynum.
• Gender in Medieval Europe. Syllabus for a course taught by Dr. Patricia Skinner.
• Gendering the Middle Ages. Syllabus for the course at New York University by Professor Brigitte M. Bedos-Rezak.

Sites for Medieval Literature

Collections

• ONLINE MEDIEVAL SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY "An Annotated Bibliography of Printed and Online Primary Sources for the Middle Ages"
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook Many, many links to a wide variety of sites (as mentioned above) but especially rich in literature.
• Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Literature Sources From the Voice of the Shuttle.
• The Online Medieval and Classical Library Includes large databases, some of which are listed here, but they are also adding individual texts. You can search the files electronically.
• Old English Literature From Georgetown University. Mostly secular literature; some liturgical texts and several reference sources.
• The Old French Language Page "A Website Devoted to the Language and Literature of Old French."
• Opera del Vocabolario Italiano This "database contains 1,369 vernacular texts (16.4 million words) dated prior to 1375, the year of Boccaccio's death. The verse and prose works include early masters of Italian literature like Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, as well as lesser-known and obscure texts by poets, merchants, and medieval chroniclers."
• Portuguese Literature Texts and commentarites from Medieval to modern literature
• Recueil des Historiens des Croisades "The Recueil des Historiens des Croisades, commonly referred to as the RHC, is perhaps the most important collection of primary sources for the study of the crusades."

Beowulf

"Just don't take any class..."

• Beowulf: A Look at the Anglo-Saxon Manuscript.
• The Electronic Beowulf From the University of Kentucky and Western Michigan University.

Boccaccio

• Heliotropia An online journal of Boccaccio studies from Michael Papio at Brown University.

Chaucer

• An Electronic Edition of the General Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
• Companion to Medieval English Literature [Chaucer] Texts of several works and commentary from Michael Murphy and James Clawson.
• Prof. Baragona's Chaucer Page From the Virginia Military Institute.
• Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog
• On Chaucer A page set up by Brother Anthony at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
• The Canterbury Tales Project Really an advertisement for the CD-ROM, it does describe the project in detail and has links to relevant Chaucerian sites.

Chretien de Troyes

• Erec et Enide Full text from the Online Medieval and Classical Library. Translation by W.W. Comfort, 1914.
• Lancelot Excerpts from the Medieval Sourcebook.
• Lancelot, or the Knight of the Cart Full text from the Online Medieval and Classical Library. Translation by W.W. Comfort, 1914.
• The Charrette Project Chretien de Troyes. From Princeton University.
• Perceval (Le Conte du Graal From the University of Ottawa. "Transcription du manuscrit Paris, B.N. fr. 794 (ms. A)".
• Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion Full text from the Online Medieval and Classical Library. Translation by W.W. Comfort, 1914.

The Song of Roland

Various editions.

• The Song of Roland From the medieval Sourcebook.
• Another translation by Charles Scott Moncrief (1919).
• La Chanson de Roland

Dante

• The Leeds Centre for Dante Studies A collection of podcasts on:

      *Key Moments in the Commedia: a series of brief commentaries on short passages selected 
      from the Commedia;
      
      *Interviews with scholars about their recent work on Dante;
      
      *Reviews of recent publications of interest in Dante studies. 
  
  

• DanteNET The Dante Society of America. With information and links to the Dante Project at Princeton, Dartmouth, and other locations.
• The Renaissance Dante in Print: 1472-1629 From Notre Dame University.
• Digital Dante. From Columbia University. Compare and contrast the Longfellow and the Mandelbaum translations.
• La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata a cura di Giorgio Petrocchi. Made by William I. Johnston.

Piers Plowman

• The Piers Plowman Project From the University of Virginia.

Francois Villon (c. 1431-after 5 January 1463)

• Socite Francois Villon Extensive collection of poems from many editions. Includes critical essays and English translations.
• The Society's Bulletin
• Poems from The Medieval Sourcebook Swinburne translations.
• Three Translations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

On Medieval Music

• La Trobe University Library Medieval Music Database
• Mediaeval Music From The Internet Renaissance Band.
• Listening to Medieval Music From the University of North Florida.
• Early Music Resources on the Web Find here the Lute Society of America! The Hammered Dulcimer Page! The Rebec Project! and many more.
• Medieval Music & Arts Foundation Really a Foundation? Can't tell.
• St. Hildegard von Bingen. From the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1908.
• Hildegard von Bingen - A discography
• Hildegard von Bingen : links
• On Byzantine Chant By Pavlos Papadakis. Includes sound files.
• The Gregorian Chant Home Page from Princeton University.
• Medieval Music of Cyprus

Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Sites

See also Literature (for Beowulf) and Art History (for Manuscripts and Painting)

• Anglo-Saxon England : A Guide to Online Resources From ORB, the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. Our Anglo-Saxon Heritage A collection of links.
• Alfredian Links With links to related sites.
• Celtic Art and Cultures By Prof. Dorothy Hoogland Verkerk of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
• Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography By Simon Keynes from Western Michigan University.
• Wharram Percy : the Lost Village By Prof. Ken Tompkins of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
• The Anglo-Saxon chronicle
• Celtic Studies Resources From Lisa Spangenberg.
• A Brief History of the Anamchara Celtic Church

Iberia Sites

• Islamic and Mudejar Architecture in Spain
• The American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain From the University of Kansas.
• Medieval Iberia Resources at Northwestern University A wide range of "articles, bibliographies, electronic texts" and links to yet more.
• Medieval Iberia From the Labyrinth.
• Bizancio y Espana A collection of studies by several Spanish scholars.
• Web Resources on Moorish Spain Part of a course on Moorish Spain. From Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
• On Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Art From Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University.

Web pages for Medieval Courses at Colleges and Universities