Research Links

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Libraries

University Library  ::  University of Michigan. http://www.lib.umich.edu/

Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts  ::  Yale University. http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/

Bodleian Library  ::  University of Oxford. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

Cambridge University Library. http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/

Folger Shakespeare Library  ::  Collection in Washington, DC.  

Houghton Library  ::  Harvard University. http://www-hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/

National Library of Medicine  ::  Sources on the global history of medicine. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

The British Library  ::  UK national library. http://portico.bl.uk/

The Huntington  ::  UCLA. http://www.huntington.org/

The Library of Congress  ::  US national library and archive. http://www.loc.gov/

The National Archives  ::  UK official records. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm

The Newberry Library  ::  University of Chicago. http://www.newberry.org/nl/newberryhome.html

Vatican Film Library (Saint Louis University). http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl/

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Links-General

African History Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html

Alchemy  ::  Covers European, Islamic, Chinese, and Inner Alchemies. http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html

Bartleby Verse Project  ::  Searchable database of verse. http://www.bartleby.com/verse/index.html

Buddhism Virtual Library :: Links to resources on Pure Land, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism. http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html

The Catholic Encyclopedia. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

China Historical GIS Project :: A database of populated places and historical administrative units for the period of Chinese history between 222 BCE and 1911 CE. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Echgis/

East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine :: On-line journal on the history of science in China, Japan, and Korea.
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/sinologie/eastm/index.html 

English Poetry Database  ::  Comprises the works of almost 1,350 poets from 600-1900. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/epd/

English Server at Iowa State University  ::  A search site for literary information. http://eserver.org/

History of Science Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html

Indian History Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

Indica-et-buddhica :: Catalogus bibliothecarum (ieb-cb) is a virtual union catalogue providing centralised access to library servers with significant indological and buddhological collections. http://indica-et-buddhica.org/

Islamic History Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance  ::  Databases from the University of Toronto. http://www.itergateway.org/

Jewish History Sourcebook. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

The Labyrinth  ::  Georgetown University late medieval and early modern literary resource page. http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html

Literary Resources on the Net. http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/medieval.html

Luminarium  ::  Information and links to resources on medieval period through the 17th century. http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm

Medieval and Renaissance Europe  ::  E-texts and images of historical documents, posted by BYU. http://library.byu.edu/%7Erdh/eurodocs/medren.html

Ming Reign Chronicles (14th-17th Centuries) :: An English-language translation of Ming shi-lu references to Southeast Asia. http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/

Online Medieval and Classical Library  ::  E-texts and information on important literary works. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/

Past Masters  ::  Over 100 political and philosophical texts ranging from the works of ancient Greece to the early twentieth century. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/p/pmast/

Poculi Ludique Societas  ::  Toronto's Medieval and Renaissance Theatre Company. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~plspls

Records of Early English Drama (REED)  ::  REED examines the historical MSS that provide external evidence of drama, secular music, and other communal entertainment and ceremony from the Middle Ages until 1642. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html

Renascence Editions  ::  Online repository of works printed in English between 1477 and 1799. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/ren.htm

Silk Road Seattle ::  Teaching resources on Central Asia.

The Voice of the Shuttle  ::  A large, unedited compendium of literary sources on the web. http://vos.ucsb.edu/

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Links-Medieval

Arthuriana  ::  Journal, bibliography, links and more regarding Arthur. http://smu.edu/arthuriana/

Bible, Latin Vulgate e-text. http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Vulgate/Vulgate.html

Bible  ::  Search the Latin Vulgate text. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/public/bibles/vulgate.search.html

Bible, Wycliffite  ::  Middle English translation. http://www.sbible.boom.ru/wyc/wycle.htm

Bibliography of Resources on Medieval Women  ::  Compiled and posted by Juliet Sloger. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/womenbib.htm

Buddhist & Shinto Images of Japan 8-13th c :: Photo dictionary of Kamakura temples and shrines.http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml

Camelot Project at the University of Rochester  ::  Arthurian  texts, bibliographies, and other resources. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm

Chaucer Metapage  ::  Sponsored by the 33rd International Congress of Medieval Studies. http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/

The Chinese Empire: Sung Dynasty (920-1279) :: A broad overview of developments in this period.
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/SUNG.HTM

Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. http://www.hti.umich.edu/c/cme/

Dictionary of Old English. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/o/oec/

Early English Books Online (EEBO). http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home

Early English Prose Fiction  ::  Contains over 200 works of prose fiction dating from 1500-1700. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/eepf/

Erasmus Home Page  ::  Posted by James J. O'Donnell. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/erasmus.html

HyperBibliography of Middle English  ::  Includes all Middle English materials cited in the Middle English Dictionary.  http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/h/hyperbib/

Internet Medieval Sourcebook  ::  Compiled by Paul Halsall at Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

LGBT History Sourcebook, Medieval. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/#med

Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis  ::  Latin text. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/agnellus.int.html

Medieval Drama Links  ::  A comprehensive site posted by Sydney Higgins.
http://www.the-camerino-players.com/medievaldrama/index.html

Medieval Feminist Index  ::  An index of journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women. http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html

Medieval Music & Arts Foundation  ::  The web's largest reference for European Medieval and Renaissance music since 1994. http://www.medieval.org/

Medieval Realms  ::  A comprehensive collection of original source material for the Middle Ages in Britain. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/medrealm/

The Middle English Collection at the Electronic Text Center  ::  Posted by University of Virginia. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/mideng.browse.html

Middle English Compendium  ::  Allows easy access to three major Middle English electronic resources. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/mec/

Middle English Dictionary  ::  Posted by University of Michigan. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/m/med/

Monastic Matrix  ::  Scholarly resource for the study of women’s religious communities from 400 to 1600 C.E. http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/

NetSERF  ::  Medieval resources posted by American Catholic University. http://www.netserf.org/

Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace :: View scenes from the 12th century Japanese handscroll. http://learn.bowdoin.edu/heijiscroll

Performing Medieval Narrative Today ::  A video showcase. http://euterpe.bobst.nyu.edu/mednar/

Song Research Tools :: Lists and describes reference materials relating to all aspects of Song society. http://sunsite.utk.edu/songtool/

TEAMS (Consortium for Teaching the Middle Ages)  ::  Full texts and introductions of many Middle English writings in very accessible form. http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/tmsmenu.htm

A Tribute to Avicenna  ::  Dedicated to the life and scholarship of this important physician and philosopher. http://www.cybermedic.org/avicenna.htm

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Links-Early Modern

Bible, King James Version. http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/kjv/

CHIME :: European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, historical papers on early modern folk and court musics well as more contemporary performance. http://home.planet.nl/~chime/entries/biblio/indexbib.html

China and Europe, 1500-2000 and Beyond  ::  Interesting introduction to comparing these two civilizations. Includes a broad reading list on premodern China. http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/chinawh/

Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation (DLCR) :: includes digital facsimiles and searchable full-text, in a variety of languages, of the works of 16th & 17th century Catholic authors. http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu

Early Modern England Source  ::  Provides information on early modern studies events and resources. http://www.quelle.org/emes/emes.html

Early Modern English Dictionary  ::  University of Toronto site connects a search engine to several electronic early modern English dictionaries. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/english/emed/emedd.html

Early Modern World  ::  Resource page with early modern e-texts, images, and links to online resources. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html

English Verse Drama  ::  Contains more than 2,000 works by around 450 named authors and approximately 230 anonymous works. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/evd/

Manila Galleon Voyages, 1565 through 1815 :: Tabular overview and sources on Pacific voyages. http://home.windstream.net/cr33856/

Michigan Early Modern English Materials. http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/memem/

Ming Studies, UBC :: Excellent links and resources for early modern Chinese history. http://www.history.ubc.ca/lshin/research/ming/

Patrología Latina Database  ::  A complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844–1855 and 1862–1865). http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/p/pld/

Recording the Grandeur of the Qing :: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Columbia University. Access via http://afe.easia.columbia.edu

Renaissance Dance  ::  Provides access to dance treatises written about dance in the early modern period. http://www.rendance.org/

Renaissance Dance Sources  ::  A resource page dedicated to online early modern dance resources. http://users.erols.com/eacain/dance/rendance.html

Sixteenth Century Ballads  ::  Offers work-in-progress information on early modern music materials. http://www.pbm.com/%7Elindahl/ballads/ballads.html

Trade Products in Early Modern History  ::  Images and information on early modern trade products and methods. http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html

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Texts & Collections

Andrea Alciato  ::  Book of Emblems. http://www.mun.ca/alciato/

St. Augustine  ::  E-texts and info on this important figure. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html

Boethius  ::  Consolatio Philosophiae; e-text of the "Consolation of Philosophy." http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/boethius/boethius.html

Boccaccio  ::  Decameron Web; E-text of the Decameron, plus info about Boccaccio. http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml

Ben Jonson Catalog  ::  Digital catalogue of Ben Jonson's work posted by IATH at the University of Virginia. http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/gants/

Geoffrey Chaucer  ::  Compiled and posted by students at Harvard. http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/%7Echaucer/

***NEW!***Manuscripts of the Abbey Library of St. Gall :: Free access to high-resolution digital images; over 57,000 facsimile pages, regularly updated; currently 144 complete manuscripts (including the musical
manuscripts); manuscript descriptions and many search options; accessible in: German: <http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/>  English: <http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/en> French: <http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/fr>
 Italian: www.cesg.unifr.ch/it  <http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/it>

The Milton-L Home Page  ::  This site supports a discussion group devoted to Milton. http://www.urich.edu/%7Ecreamer/milton/

Internet Shakespeare Editions  ::  Site posted by University of Victoria to help teach Shakespeare. http://ise.uvic.ca/index.html

Shakespeare Illustrated  ::  Site posted by Emory University provides scholarly information and links to useful sites. http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html

Riverside Shakespeare  ::  Play texts. http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/s/shakespeare/

The Edmund Spenser Home Page  ::  A site devoted to Spenser and his works. http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/main.htm

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Journals & Reviews

Chaucer Review. http://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_chaucer.html

Early Modern Japan :: An  Interdisciplinary Journal. New and past issues on-line courtesy of Ohio State University. www.emjnet.osu.edu 

Early Modern Literary Studies  ::  An online journal. http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/emlshome.html

English Literary Renaissance  ::  Published by U Mass Amherst. http://www.umass.edu/english/ELR/elr2.html

JSTOR  ::  Best archive of scholarly periodicals online. http://www.jstor.org/

Journal of Song-Yuan Studies :: Publishes on Chinese society in the period 920-1368.
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/SungYuan/JSYS/index.htm

Journal of Tang Studies ::  Deals with China for the period 618 to 907. http://www.colorado.edu/ealc/tss/Tang.htm

The Medieval Review  ::  Publishes reviews of current work in all areas of medieval studies. http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr/

Ming Studies :: Home page for the flagship journal on China from 1368 to 1644. http://www.cla.umn.edu/farmer/studies.htm

Renaissance Forum  ::  Online journal dealing with literary, historical, and cultural issues of the early modern period. http://www.hull.ac.uk/Hull/EL_Web/renforum/v1no1/

Shakespeare Quarterly  ::  Published by the Folger Library.  http://www.folger.edu/sq/tocw00.asp

Speculum :: Leading journal published by the Medieval Academy of America. http://www.jstor.org/journals/00387134.html

Studies in the Age of Chaucer  ::  Leading journal in Middle English studies. http://ncs.rutgers.edu/sac.html

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Manuscript Images

Bodleian Library  ::  Images ready for browsing posted by the Bodleian. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm

D Scriptorium  ::  Images posted by BYU. http://www.byu.edu/%7Ehurlbut/dscriptorium/

Duc du Berry Book of Hours  ::  Images from the calendar, posted by the U Chicago. http://humanities.uchicago.edu/images/heures/heures.html

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University  ::  Images from early texts. http://image.ox.ac.uk/

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Scholarly Organizations

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies  ::  Arizona State University. http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies  ::  Ohio State University. http://cmrs.osu.edu/

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies  ::  UCLA. http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/cmrs/default.html

Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies  ::  University of Toronto. http://www.crrs.ca/

Early Modern Colloquium  ::  Based in UM’s English Department, this interdisciplinary group holds meetings, panels, symposia and a yearly conference on issues in early modern literary scholarship. http://www.umich.edu/~earlymod/

Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies, Institute of English Studies, University of London. http://www.sas.ac.uk/ies/centre/Palaeography/SchoolHomepage.htm

Medieval Academy of America  ::  One of the main professional organizations for medievalists. http://www.medievalacademy.org/

Medieval Institute :: Western Michigan University, home of the Congress of Medieval Studies, the largest annual confab in North America. http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/

Medieval Renaissance Drama Society  ::  Supports study of medieval and renaissance drama. http://www.byu.edu/%7Ehurlbut/mrds/

Medieval Studies Program :: University of California at Santa Barbara. http://www.medievalstudies.ucsb.edu

Medieval Workshop :: University of Chicago. Lecture series. http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/medieval/speakers.html

NEH Connect! ::  Funding opportunities, publications, and exhibitions of interest. Suscribe at Http://www.neh.gov

Shakespeare Association of America  ::  Supports the study of Shakespeare. http://www.shakespeareassociation.org/

Society for Mediaeval Languages & Linguistics  ::  One of the main professional organizations for medievalists. http://www.towson.edu/%7Eduncan/mll/

Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies :: International group committed to the study of the Chinese, Jürchen, Khitan, and Mongol history, society, and culture from 920 to 1366.
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/SungYuan/

Tang Studies Society :: http://www.colorado.edu/ealc/tss/Tang.htm

The New Chaucer Society  ::  A comprehensive listing of valuable medieval web resources. http://ncs.rutgers.edu/index.htm