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Search through the medieval manuscript holdings of hundreds of global libraries, with information on library copyright statements, notes about repositories, and much more.

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University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center COVID-19 Resources Page

Find images and other resources at the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center.

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Digital Bodleian Library (Oxford)

Find digitized manuscripts, maps, books, ephemera and other holdings from Oxford's Bodleian Library.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

Search for detailed information and high-quality digitized images of medieval manuscripts held in libraries around the world.

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State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum holds thousands of pieces of artwork and other materials from the fifth through the fifteenth centuries.

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J. Paul Getty Museum

Find a wealth of materials for medievalists.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Explore exhibition gallery guides, videos, articles, and more.

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Google Arts and Culture resources

Find images and information on a wide range of art and cultural resources from Google Arts and Culture.

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The British Museum

Find a list of digital resources dedicated to all eras of the Middle Ages at the British Museum.

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Podcast on the Black Death (in Spanish)

Listen to a podcast, in Spanish, about the Black Death.

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Brill, Covid-19 Collection (available until April 30, 2021)

More than 30 leading STM publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications immediately accessible. Brill has opened up books and articles on topics such as public health, distance learning, crisis research. If any new related content is published with Brill, it will be added to this collection.

The content on this page will be freely accessible until April 30, 2021.

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Disease Transmission, Epidemics and Plague in Pre-Modern Islam

A Bibliography on Disease Transmission, Epidemics and Plague in Pre-Modern Islam, compiled by Elaine van Dalen.

7th Century (601-700)

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The Black Death Reflections in (& on) a Time of Plague

A list of primary and secondary readings on the Black Death, along with some related fiction and film.

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Lectures on Medieval Studies and the Current Political Environment

RaceB4Race is an ongoing conference series and professional network community by and for scholars of color working on issues of race in premodern literature, history, and culture. RaceB4Race centers the expertise, perspectives, and sociopolitical interests of BIPOC scholars, whose work seeks to expand critical race theory. Bridging many traditional disciplinary divides, RaceB4Race not only creates innovative scholarly dialogues, but also fosters social change within premodern studies as a whole.

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Bodleian History Faculty Library

Hosted/collated on diigo.com, the Bodleian History Faculty Library provides a list of over 190 searchable, tagged medieval digital resources, online projects, and primary sources.

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOS)

Introductions, timelines, and bibliographies for the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires, along with an active blog featuring entries on widely ranging topics.

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Bibliographies on De-centering the Global Middle Ages

Short bibliographies compiled by participants of the De-centering the Global Middle Ages symposium. Contains links to research and teaching resources that are helpful for moving the focus of the Middle Ages off of Europe.

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