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The following pages are highlighted as useful resources for educators.

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Medieval Academy of America
For the Tool Talks featured on the Medieval Academy of America Online Teaching Webinar, search "Teaching with Digital Tools."

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Use the filters below to search by century, era, geography, type of resource, and other topics of interest to students of the medieval past.

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Genizah Manuscript Samples

Find examples of Genizah manuscripts that illustrate the usefulness of manuscript data for historical and cultural work. 

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Pinakes

Search and browse bibliographical details about Greek manuscripts prior to the 16th century, with many links to digitized copies. 

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Hypotheses.org (medieval manuscript blog from BnF)

Browse information and updates pertaining to the study of medieval manuscripts, hosted by the BnF. 

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Mandragore

Search a database of manuscript illuminations dating from Pharaonic Egypt to contemporary times. 

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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
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Archives et Manuscrits

Search a large and helpful catalogue of pre-modern manuscripts, many of which have been digitized. 

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Portail Biblissima

Search or browse a large collection of manuscripts, manuscript images, and bibliographical details pertaining to late antique, medieval, and early modern manuscripts. 

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Museums and Image Databases
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Agorha, database of l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)

Search medieval and early modern art by theme, medium, date, location, and other attributes. 

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Ménestrel

Browse and search through online sources, studies, and many other resources, offered in French. 

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An Introduction to Women's Letters in the Dark Ages: Caesaria to Radegund

This video introduces two women, Caesaria of Arles and Radegund of Poitiers, and a letter they exchanged.

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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

Search a database of saints' cults up to about 700 CE, with images and bibliographical details under each entry. 

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Maagarim: Tagged Hebrew Texts with Lexicon (in Hebrew)

Access a repository of tagged Hebrew-language texts, with ample query options and popup linguistic tools. 

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Medieval Resources Online - an annotated list

Browse a categorized list of resources on medieval topics, grouped by chronology, geography, topics, texts, and miscellaneous. 

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AHA Remote Teaching Resources

Access a wiki hosted by the American Historical Association, collecting resources for teaching online from all fields of history.

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Humanities Coronavirus Syllabus

Access a syllabus/bibliography for teaching the coronavirus from the perspective of the humanities.

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Teaching Coronavirus: A Sociological Syllabus Project

Access a crowd-sourced syllabus for teaching the coronavirus from a sociological perspective.

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#coronavirussyllabus: A crowdsourced cross-disciplinary resource

View a crowd-sourced syllabus for teaching (mostly modern) pandemics.

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Teaching Resources for Historians

Browse historical documents organized by geography, time period, and theme. 

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Additional Open Access Resources

Browse two additional lists of open-access resources geared towards researchers and educators. 

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Open access resources compiled by UK librarians

Browse a list of open-access resources, compiled by librarians in the United Kingdom.

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Gorgias Press Open Repository of books

Browse a collection of freely accessible online books from Gorgias Press. 

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