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Research Tools for Medieval Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Medieval Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Biographical Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
Organizations
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Online Resources
- ArchivesUSA
- Digital Scriptorium
- International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM)
- Iter Italicum
- Repository of Primary Sources
- RLG Cultural Materials
- CD-ROM Resources
- Archive of Celtic-Latin literature. Royal Irish Academy dictionary of medieval Latin from Celtic sources. Compiled by Anthony Harvey, Kieran Devine, Francis J. Smith.
Doe Reference PA 8118 .I65 .A73 1994 compu/d
- El libro de propietatibus rerum. Anglicus Bartholomaeus. Toulose : Heinrich Mayer, 1494
Doe Reference PQ 6171 .A2 .A36 1992 compu/d disc 1 no.2
- Electronic Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Munchen. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1996
Doe Reference DD 3 .M8 .E44 compu/d
- Electronic texts and concordances of the Madison Corpus of early Spanish manuscripts and printings. Prepared by John O'Neill. Madison, Wis: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1999.
Doe Reference Z8 .S8 .E44 1999 compu/d
- The electronic texts and concordances of medieval Navarro-Aragonese manuscripts. Prepared by John Nitti and Lloyd Kasten. Madison, Wis. : Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1997.
Doe Reference DP 97.4 .E44 1997 compu/d
- The electronic texts and concordances of the prose works of Alfonso X, El Sabio. Prepared by Lloyd Kasten, John Nitti, and Wilhelmina Jonxis-Henkemans. Madison, Wis. : Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 1997.
Doe Reference PQ 6273 .A2 .A14 1997 compu/d
- Escultura funeraria del siglo XIII : los sepulcros de los Lopez de Haro. Margarita Ruiz Maldonado. First. ed. Salamanca, Espana : Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 1996.
Main Stack NB 1880 .S7 .R74 1996 compu/d
- Fucecchio : la chiesa, la casa, il castello sulla vid Francigena. Fucecchio, Italy : Edizioni dell'Erba, 1997.
Doe Reference NA 1119 .T8 .F8 1997 compu/d
- In principio: incipit index of Latin texts. Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes. Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, 1994
Doe Reference Z 6605 .L3 .I57 compu/d
- Library of Latin texts : CLCLT-5. Moderante Paul Tombeur. Ver. 5.0, release 2002. Turnhout: Brepols, c2002.
Art/Classics Library BR 60 .C43 2002 compu/d
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps. Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
Bibliographies and Subject Guides
Lists of materials in any format (books, articles, videos, web sites, etc.) organized around a common theme or topic. Subcategories as appropriate, i.e., chronological, language, geographic, etc.
- Electronic Texts
- International medieval bibliography. Leeds, Eng. University of Leeds etc. Also available on CD-ROM and online.
Doe Reference D 117 .A12 .I5 Periodical Indexes
Online: http://www.brepolis.net/bmb/index.asp
- ABU: la Bibliotheque Universelle - 283 texts by 100 authors, including Chanson de Roland
- Acta Sanctorum: The Full-Text Database - Chadwick Healy
- Die Bibel (Martin Luther translation) - University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative
- Early English Books Online - over 125,000 titles (ProQuest)
- Guide to Early Church Documents
- Le Theatre Medieval - Universite de Haute Bretagne, Rennes
- Medieval Books in Electronic Format
- Medieval Gallegan Literary Texts - University of Santiago de Compostella, Instituto da Lingua Galega
- New Advent, Summa Theologica (St. Thomas Aquinas) - online text of Summa
- The New Testament (Rheims 1582) - University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative
- TEAMS: Middle English Texts - Robbins Library, University of Rochester
- Historical and Cultural Resources
- Bibliography on Women in Byzantium - Erbert Art Center, The College of Wooster
- Byzantine Studies - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet - part of ORB
- Decameron Web - Brown University
- Dress, Jewels, and Coat of Arms: Material Culture and Self-Representation in the Late Middle Ages - Central European University
- Les Capetiens - Les Croisades
- Medieval Spain: A Chronicle of Events - in Spanish
- Medieval Time-Line Reference - A.D. 800-A.D. 1500
- Medioevo Italiano
- Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 - AD 1700
- PhiloBiblon - primary sources of Iberian literature
- Indexes, guides and bibliographies
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - University of Toronto
- Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies - Georgetown University
- Labyrinth Library - electronic texts
- Medieval Feminist Index (MFI) - Scholarship on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Medieval History 400-1500 A.D. - Selected Primary Sources - The University of Calgary Library
- Medieval Studies: Library Resources - Stanford University Library
- NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources - Catholic University of America
Index of over 1500 links, arranged thematically
- The Online Medieval and Classical Library - Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
- Seminario de Estudios Medievales y Renacentistas
- WWW Medieval Resources
- The WWW Virtual Library History Index: Medieval Europe - Michigan State University
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Online Resources
- UC Berkeley, UC Systemwide, WorldCat and RLG Union Catalogs
- Catalogs of Specific Libraries with Important Medieval Studies Collections (selected individual listings)
- The Rossell Hope Robbins Library - University of Rochester
Comprehensive holdings in all aspects of Middle English literature and supplemental materials in the fields of Old English, Anglo-Norman, and French literature, medieval history philosophy, theology, art and manuscript studies
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: Western manuscripts to c. 1500
- The Camelot Project - Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies and more
- The Folger Shakespeare Library
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Medieval Institute Library - University of Notre Dame
- The Morgan Library
- The Robbin Hood Project - texts, images, bibliographies and basic information
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
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