Medieval Studies

Ramsey Library Research Guides

Internet Resources for Medieval Studies

The following sites represent some of many starting points for research on medieval topics. A full list of medieval materials available on-line can not possibly be assembled here, but it is hoped that this brief and idiosyncratic list will start you on the road to many productive hours of browsing the Web.

Search Engines

A search engine is a tool to help navigate the Web. To use the Web effectively and efficiently you will need to use one of these search engines. Searches will need to be formulated as concisely as possible.

AltaVista

Lycos (Indexes many more documents than the others, but many are often not applicable)

Yahoo (Best for specialized Web sites, but it will also plug you into other more specialized search engines)

Search Argos - Limited area search engine for Ancient and Medieval Studies

Pathfinders to the medieval world - Good places to begin your search

Labyrinth

Medieval Studies Databases

Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
ORB contains resources for teaching as well as paths to major medieval sites. See below.

NetSURF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Catholic University of America

WWW Medieval Resources
Dan Mosser, Virginia Tech

Medieval Feminist Index
Indexes recent periodical articles on medieval feminist topics

Jeff Heinen-Resources for the medieval historian

Texts & Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Paleography, Codicology
The Labyrinth, Georgetown University

Anglo-Saxon Texts
FTP site for downloading texts.

ArthurNet

HUMBEL Gateway to Medieval Studies
Oxford University

Beowulf Bibliography 1979-1994

Book of Kells Images

British Library Exhibitions

The Lindisfarne Gospels

Magna Carta

The Tyndale New Testament

Canterbury Tales Project

Charrette Project: Chretien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette manuscript

DScriptorium (manuscript images)

Gregorian Chant Site

Jim O'Donnell's Home Page

Latin Vulgate Bible

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
A digital project of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Middle English Collection (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
Includes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, and others.

National Register of Archives (United Kingdom)

Secrets of the Norman Invasion

The World of the Vikings

Discussion Lists

There are several discussion lists where you may conduct serious discussion on topics related to medieval history. These are not "chat-rooms". The participants generally expect you to participate in substantive discussion. One discussion list name follows:

Mediev-L - listproc@ukans.edu

Other, more specialized lists of interest to medievalists may be searched using various databases. A good one to begin with is Liszt. Others may be accessed from the Research Guide, Internet Discussion Lists.

If you are interested in subscribing to any of these lists you may want to "observe" the discussion before committing to engage in discussion.

ORB--Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

"ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies."

The ORB Encyclopedia- An index of original essays, arranged by topic
Resources for Teaching
The ORB Reference Shelf
Online Bibliographies at Other Sites
Specialized Bibliographies at the ORB Site
Graphics
Software
Other Useful Sites
General Reference
Medieval Studies for the Nonspecialist (includes Media and Popular Culture)

North-Western Medieval Europe Resources

Includes sources for a specialized region of Europe during a period from 800-1200.

British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
Pre-1992 literature on the archaeology of the British Isles. Searchable database of 92,000 entries, some annotated. Archaeology Data Service, University of York.

Cathy Ball's Old English Pages

Edlund Font Project
Medievalist's fonts for North-western Europe. Harvard University site.

Rune Fonts for Mac and Windows
WHY is this here?

Oxford University Libraries (The Bodleian)
Access to OLIS, the online catalog, and OLIG (Oxford Libraries Internet Gateway), the successor to BARD, a collection of quality, open-access Web links.

Timeline of British History
Site maintained by Britannia Internet Magazine

Middle English Collection
Part of the collections offered by the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center

Institute of Historical Research, London

Medieval Studies History Index BROKEN link to U. of Sheffield site.

Secrets of the Norman Invasion
A personal page by Nick Austin, detailing his investigation of the exact site where the Normans landed in 1066.

Search for "England" in the Royal Genealogical Database
Genealogy of many early English monarchs to Elizabeth I
WHAT IS THIS DOING IN HERE?

Electronic texts

Armarium Labyrinthi: Labyrinth Latin Bookcase

Classical Latin
Project Libellus FTP site at the University of Washington

Labyrinth Library Old-English Literature

The Online Medieval and Classical Library

Labyrinth Library Middle-English Bookcase

Fornsvenska Texter BROKEN GOPHER LINK

Runeberg Projekt

Manuscripts

The Beowulf Manuscript

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University One of several Digital Projects at the Bodleian Library.

Voice Of The Shuttle: English Literature, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval

The Labyrinth has pages on:

Anglo-Saxon Culture
Britain and Ireland
Scandinavian Cultures
Part of the Labyrinth site at Georgetown University.

Jorvik Viking Centre BROKEN

Lief Ericson Vikingship

World of the Vikings
An important resource and gateway site to Viking research. Ramsey Library has the World of the Vikings CD-ROM

Viking Navy
Builds, designs, and sails Viking ships.

Runes

Runological projects at NCCH

Runic Fonts
Download fonts from the University of Oregon Yamada Language Center.

Scholarly Monographs and Articles

Becoming Male in the Middle Ages, ed. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Bonnie Wheeler

James J. O'Donnell. Augustine

Shoaf, R. Allen. Cassiodorus

Dante,Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word: Money, Images, and Reference in Late Medieval Poetry

Rose Oser Sero Eros. Recent Studies of the Romance of the Rose

Journals and Reviews

This list grows rapidly. You will need to follow the discussions on the Discussions Lists to catch other journals and magazines which may be of interest to medieval studies. Note that many of the journals are in other fields of study, but often contain articles of interest to medieval scholars. Many of the journals are not available in full text.

The American Journal of Germanic Linguistics and Literatures

Arthuriana

Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)

Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

CROMOHS Cyber Review of Modern Historiography and Electronic Library of Historical Texts

DIDASCALIA: A Journal for Philosophy and Philology from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance

Early Modern Literary Studies