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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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Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

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Material Culture

Portail Biblissima

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

4th Century (301-400)

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Museums and Image Databases

Material Culture

Ménestrel

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

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Related Databases and Websites

A Medieval Plague Lesson Plan

Merle Eisenberg, SESYNC,

6th Century (501-600)

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14th Century (1301-1400)

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Central and Eastern Europe

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Pandemics and Plague

Syllabi on "Otherness" in the Middle Ages

Browse a list of syllabi on the topic of otherness in medieval text and culture through themes of monstrosity and marginality.

11th Century (1001-1100)

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Religion and Religious Life

Intellectual History

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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Related Databases and Websites

#medievalmanuscripts on Twitter

A hashtag that brings up all tweets, including many image scans, of interesting manuscript images from the medieval era.

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Material Culture

The Got Medieval Blog

Access a blog written to shed humorous light on contemporary ideas through reference to medieval manuscripts, figures, and events.

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"Sacred Texts: Codices Far, Far Away" (Medievalists Discuss Star Wars Jedi Manuscripts)

Watch as medievalists discuss the manuscripts featured on film in the fictional Star Wars universe. Useful for raising interest in medieval texts.

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Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

Medieval Emojis

See examples of emojis used to raise interest in Medieval authors.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Engineering Syllabus by Prof. Charles Haas

View a sample syllabus for teaching during and about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pandemics and Plague

Moitessier Research Group COVID-19 Info Page

Access a list of resources and scientific journal articles on the COVID-19 pandemic, last updated in May 22, 2020.

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Pandemics and Plague

History of Science ON CALL

Access a website created by historians of science, with resources for teaching and researching during the pandemic.

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Teaching with Digital Tools

Pandemics and Plague

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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Teaching with Digital Tools

List of ERC-funded research projects related to coronavirus

Access a list of research projects funded by the European Research Counsel that are related to coronavirus.

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

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Pandemics and Plague

Humanities Coronavirus Syllabus

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

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Pandemics and Plague

#coronavirussyllabus: A crowdsourced cross-disciplinary resource

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

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Pandemics and Plague

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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