Links to other sites of interest to medievalists:
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Major sites through which to access resources in medieval studies and church
history:
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ORB , an on-line reference
book for medieval studies and collection of translated primary sources
(maintained at Rhodes College). The hagiography
page is edited by Tom Head.
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Labyrinth, a World Wide
Web server for medieval studies sponsored by Georgetown University.
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NetSERF , an internet connection
for medieval resources maintained by the Department of History at the Catholic
University of America.
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Much of the 1908 edition of the Catholic
Encyclopedia is available on line through a more general site of Catholic
interest called New Advent .
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Gallica , a site maintained by the
Bibliothèque de France, contains vast resources on French literature
and history, much of it medieval.
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For further Byzantine
and Medieval web links see this list compiled by Paul Halsall
of the University of North Florida.
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The Hall of Chuch History
is another useful, if quirky, guide to accessing internet resources.
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On-line collections of primary sources in medieval studies and church history:
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Internet Medieval Sourebook
edited by Paul Halsall of the University of North Florida. This collection
of translations is one of the most useful medieval resources available
on-line.
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The St.
Pachomius Library provides an archive of uncopyrighted English
translations of early Christian literature. Texts available include
patristic writings, the acts of the Christian martyrs, the proceedings
of the Councils, and the lives of the early saints. The collection
is maintained by a group with Orthodox church affiliations.
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library
provides a collection of "Christian classics in electronic format," many
of which are from late antiquity and the middle ages. The collection
also includes much early modern and modern literature. Maintained at Wheaton
College.
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The Summa Theologica of Thomas
Aquinas.
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An aficianado has provided an extraordinary collection of English translations
of the works of Meister
Eckhart .
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The Latin Library
provides a number of important medieval texts in Latin.
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The University of Augsburg maintains an extraordinary on-line library aptly
named the Bibliotheca
Augustana with texts in Latin and most "modern" European languages
which contains many medieval texts.
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More specifically dealing with texts and translations of the Bible:
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The University of Pennsylvania provides a wide-ranging guide
to primary sources related to biblical studies and more generally to
the religions of the Mediterranean.
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The Bible Gateway
affords access to numerous translations into English and other languages.
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Parallels of Gospel
stories in the various versions (including Q and some other non-canonical
gospels) have been provided by John Marshall of the University of Toronto.
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One can also find the Latin text of Jerome's
Vulgate on-line.
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The University of Michigan maintains a full and searchable text of the
Douai-Rheims
Version , the standard English translation of the Vulgate.
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For translations of and other resources pertaining to the so-called apocrypha,
see the Noncanonical Homepage
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Sites of particular interest to students of hagiography:
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Société des Bollandistes
, a web site dedicated to the study of Christian hagiography supervised
by the masters of the Acta Sanctorum.
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I also maintain a site dedicted to hagiographic studies as part of the
On-Line Reference Book of Medieval Studies (
ORB ).
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Some sites devoted to medieval manuscripts and early printed books:
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The Age of Charles
V , from the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris an exhibition of
illuminations from manuscripts copied during the time of King Charles V
(1338-1380).
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Sites maintained by or relating to the Vatican:
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Some other useful research resources:
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On-line dictionaries , a link
to various multi-lingual dictionaries (including Latin-English) available
on-line.
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The Perseus project has provided a searchable version of the Lewis and
Short Latin-English
Lexicon . A much simpler Latin
dictionary is available from the University of Notre Dame.
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A short version of Graesse's Orbis
Latinus , the most important dictionary of Latin place names, is available.
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Some other useful sites of medieval interest:
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Plague
and Public Health in Renaissance Europe is a set of translated sources
compiled by Professor Duane Osheim of the University of Virginia.
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Amiens Cathedral
provides an architectural study with excellent pictures.
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Exemplaria
: a Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
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Corpus
Iuris Iustiniani and Ius Commune , a site containing the
texts of the Justinianic collection of Roman law hyperlinked to commentary
glosses of the medieval ius commune (all texts in Latin).
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ARTFL Project
, provides the text of the bible in French, German, English and Latin.
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Catasto
of 1427 , an on-line database of the important Florentine tax survey
which was created from data compiled by Professor David Herlihy and maintained
at Brown University.
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From
Jesus to Christ contains much useful material from an excellent multi-part
Frontline documentary done by PBS.
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Gregorian
Chant Home Page provides useful information on monastic chant.