Medieval Resources

Medieval Resources

Want to learn more about Charles's times? Want to read some other Middle English authors? Need some sources for a history assignment? Interested in medieval studies but don't know where to start? Just want me to shut up and let you explore the Middle Ages?

Here you'll find online medieval resources, especially primary sources, that I hope will be useful. Standard disclaimer that I don't own any outside links or anything, and due to the ever-changing nature of the web, links may go down or change.  Some of these are links to other collections of sources and research guides, so there will be some overlap and plenty I haven't listed. Contact me at orleansian.queries@gmail.com if you have any suggestions, requests, or find a broken link.

Primary Sources

General

Guide to Online Primary Sources: Medieval (UC San Diego)

Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University)

Primary Sources (Medieval Academy of America)

Texts and General Subjects on the Geoffrey Chaucer Page (Harvard)

Old English

Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry Project (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse)

Middle English

The Geoffrey Chaucer Page (Harvard)

Middle English Dictionary (University of Michigan)

Middle English Text Series (Rochester University)

Piers Plowman Electronic Archive (Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts)

French

Christine de Pizan Digital Scriptorium (Johns Hopkins University)

Roman de la Rose Digital Library (Johns Hopkins University)

Art

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Reference

General

British History Online (Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust)

Electronic Resources for Medievalists (Columbia University)

How to cite things when writing about the Middle Ages (Medieval Academy of America)

Labyrinth – Resources for Medieval Study (Georgetown University)

Manuscripts Online (University of Michigan)

Medieval and Renaissance Studies research guide (New York University)

Manuscript Studies

Aedilis: publications en ligne de l’IRHT (Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes, in French)

Getting Started In Manuscript Studies (UGA)

Glossary of Illuminated Manuscripts (British Library)

Manuscript Number Search (British Library)

Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe (New York Public Library

Paleography: Scribal Abbreviations (University of Alberta)

Principles of Describing Manuscripts (University of Leicester)

Digitized Manuscripts

Digitized Manuscripts Home (British Library)

Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

Manuscripts and Archives (Trinity College Dublin)

Bibliographies and Indexes

Digital Index of Middle English Verse (hosted by Virginia Tech)

Les Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge (ARLIMA, in French)

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography (Fordham University)