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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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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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Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.

Access Penn's journal focused on manuscript studies in the digital age.

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Princeton University Library open-access resources

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    Ian Mladjov’s Resources, an excellent resource of historical maps.

    Ian Mladjov’s Resources is an excellent resource of historical maps.

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    Maps from The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History

    Access a collection of scanned maps for teaching the medieval period.

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      The Soldier in Medieval England

      Search a database containing the names of soldiers serving the English crown between 1369 and 1453, most of whom were fighting the French in the second phase of the Hundred Years War. 

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      Manuscript Studies Select Bibliography

      Search a bibliography focused on codicology, mise-en-page, and scribal practices in western manuscripts. 

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      CNRS’s Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes: Les ressources électroniques

      Browse a list of resources for the study of texts and manuscripts.

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      Yale Silk Road online database

      Search and browse over 11,000 images of major Silk Road sites.

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      The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online

      Access a wide selection of images and information about the Silk Road and its context from The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.

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        Teaching with Digital Tools
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        "Civil Law, Common Law, Customary Law" podcast

        Listen to 5-10 minutes podcast episodes on medieval legal concepts and terminologies on "Civil Law, Common Law, Customary Law."

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        Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy

        Search through an extensive collection of links to published, digitized medieval English records, as well as helpful regnal calendars.

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        International Center of Medieval Art

        Browse a list of resources for teaching art history, especially in an online environment.

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        Digital Repositories for Book History Teaching

        View Meghan L. Cook's list of resources for teaching book history.

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          Medieval Legal Primary Source Materials in Print

          Access bibliography of printed primary sources on legal history.

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          Houghton University Library Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

          Study digitized manuscripts and bibliographical data made available from Houghton Library's collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. 

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          The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection, Freer Gallery of Art

          Discover a large collection of digitized Japanese books dating from the early seventeenth century and later.

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          Digitized Archives and Manuscripts
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          Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection, US Library of Congress

          Browse and research the growing digitized holdings of the Library of Congress Asian Division's Chinese manuscripts. 

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          South Asian Manuscripts at the Library of Congress

          Find a catalogue of South Asian manuscripts in the Library of Congress. Some manuscripts date to the medieval era. 

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