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 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.
• 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 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. October 2010: Note that this doesn't seem to have been updated since about 2005. A note to the supposed editor peoduced no response.

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

• Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. Macquarie University, Sydney. Also has a page of links to "Other Web Sites for Byzantinists."

• 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. From Middle Tennesse State University.

• 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

• 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

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MedievalListservs

Medieval Blogs

A growing concern.

• 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."
• Flissina.Handsome Web page with lists of conferences, publications and news items related to Medieval art. Actually, it's a twitter thing.
• The Heroic Age
• Medievalist Weblogs Dozens of sites.
• Unlocked Wordhoard

Online Journals of Medieval Interest

• 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."
• 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.
• Heliotropia An online journal of Boccaccio studies from Michael Papio at Brown University.
• 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: Le livre et l'ecrit "seeks to promote bibliographic studies through the publication of articles dedicated to the history of the medieval manusxript book."
• 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". In Italian.
• 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.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia The online version of the 1908 edition. [September 2009: it looks rather like New Advent--the republisher of the now free access CE--is redoing the site--only the index Page is available instead of a home page--but the original articles are still there]
• Christian Classics Library
• The Bible Gateway: Book List for Latin-Vulgate
• St. Julian of Norwich. Links to twelve sites.
• 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.
• The Bayeux Tapestry--animated! There's an older version, too: . I think the soundtrack is a bit less intrusive. Truly fabulous.

Witchcraft

Here begins a site on Witchcraft. (Oddly, many of the sites that turned up on a Google search are essays on "buy an essay here to hand in at school." I'll let you find them.)

• 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."
• Medieval Witchcaft.
• Witchcraft. Mostly on the origins of witchcraft with a short bibliography.
• 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.
• Sexua Desire Characterizations of men and women. 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.
• 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.

The Beguines

• Beguines From the Cayholic Encyclopedia, 1911.
• 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.
• A Lost World Made by Women. From the Travel section of the New York Times.

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."
• The Dinner Party: Place Setting: Theodora Theodora as re-imagined by Judy Chicago.
• Lady Randolph Churchill as Empress Theodora. Bronze, 1900. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
• Theodora on My Space.
• Theodora--Slave Empress Italy, 1954. Choppy, badly dubbed and historically inaccurate film bio--but great locations (San Vitale, Cinecitta) and enthusiastic costumes and make-up.
• Empress Theodora. Laudatory text sung to the tune of "Norwegian Wood."

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."
• 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
• A Discography From Pierre-F. Roberge.
• The Dinner Party: Place Setting: Hildegarde of Bingen By Judy Chicago.
• Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen. Review of the 2010 movie on her life.

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." Lots of ads.
• 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. Now in the Brooklyn Museum.

Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)

• Luminarium Julian of Norwich page. "Here you will find a biography and online texts of her Revelations. The site also has essays and articles, as well as links to study resources and a list of books helpful for further study."
• From the Catholic Encyclopedia. By E. Gardner, 1910.
• St Julian's church and Shrine.
• Twelve Web sites on Julian of Norwich. A collection of links.
• On an Overgrown Path. On Julian's writings set to music.
• St Julian's Cat Care. A cat hospital named for the famous cat-fancier.

Christine de Pizan (1363-1430)

• Biography From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Christine de Pizan From Hundred Years' War Web Page.
• On the Book of the City of Ladies. A summary.
• Full text of the above in French. From Project Gutenberg.
• Ditie de Jehanne D'Arc Full text with English translation of Christine de Pisan's poem on Joan of Arc.
• Another version of the Ditie de Jehanne D'Arc
• 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.
• Large site from Germany. In English. Includes an extensive bibliography.
• 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 Code-style paranoia?

Women, Men, and Gender Topics

• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index. Formerly the Medieval Feminist Index.
• "The Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS). "SMFS promotes the study of the Patristic Age, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist studies. It actively promotes and supports interdisciplinary exchanges at all levels of higher education across the world. Members represent every continent and every academic discipline within the arts & humanities."
• 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.Review of a book edited by Pauline Stafford and Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker.

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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.
• 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. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
• Portuguese Literature Texts and commentarites from Medieval to modern literature
• Center for Portuguese Studies. From UC Santa Barbara.
• 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.

Marie de France