Resources

Featured Resource Pages

The following pages are highlighted as useful resources for educators.

Click here for Medieval Meets Modern
Click here for Medieval Meets Modern

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

Search Resources

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

Click the numbered pages at the bottom of this page to browse all content.

Humanities Coronavirus Syllabus

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

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Adjacent Fields
Linked Resources
Pandemics and Plague
#coronavirussyllabus: A crowdsourced cross-disciplinary resource

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

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
11th Century (1001-1100)
12th Century (1101-1200)
13th Century (1201-1300)
14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Adjacent Fields
Linked Resources
Pandemics and Plague
Teaching Resources for Historians

Browse historical documents organized by geography, time period, and theme. 

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
11th Century (1001-1100)
12th Century (1101-1200)
13th Century (1201-1300)
14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Linked Resources
Related Databases and Websites
Crusade
Culture
Disability
Economy and Trade
Environment
Intellectual History
Jewish
Law
Literary
Material Culture
Medievalism
Music and Dance
Pandemics and Plague
Peasants
Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Religion and Religious Life
Saints
Slavery
Town Life, Country Life
Vernacular
Vikings
Warfare
Women, Gender & Sexuality
Additional Open Access Resources

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

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
11th Century (1001-1100)
12th Century (1101-1200)
13th Century (1201-1300)
14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Linked Resources
Open access resources compiled by UK librarians

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

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
11th Century (1001-1100)
12th Century (1101-1200)
13th Century (1201-1300)
14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Linked Resources
Crusade
Culture
Disability
Economy and Trade
Environment
Intellectual History
Jewish
Law
Literary
Material Culture
Medievalism
Music and Dance
Pandemics and Plague
Peasants
Politics
Race and Ethnicity
Religion and Religious Life
Saints
Slavery
Town Life, Country Life
Vernacular
Vikings
Warfare
Women, Gender & Sexuality
Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.

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

2nd Century (101-200)
3rd Century (201-300)
4th Century (301-400)
5th Century (401-500)
6th Century (501-600)
7th Century (601-700)
8th Century (701-800)
9th Century (801-900)
10th Century (901-1000)
11th Century (1001-1100)
12th Century (1101-1200)
13th Century (1201-1300)
14th Century (1301-1400)
15th Century (1401-1500)
16th Century (1501-1600)
Central Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages
General
High Middle Ages
Late Antiquity
Late Middle Ages
Africa
Asia
Byzantium
Central and Eastern Europe
Global
Islamic World
Mediterranean
Northern Europe
Roman Empire
Related Databases and Websites
Intellectual History
Material Culture
Princeton University Library open-access resources

Explore links to expanded electronic-resources content temporarily available to Princeton University patrons.

    2nd Century (101-200)
    3rd Century (201-300)
    4th Century (301-400)
    5th Century (401-500)
    6th Century (501-600)
    7th Century (601-700)
    8th Century (701-800)
    9th Century (801-900)
    10th Century (901-1000)
    11th Century (1001-1100)
    12th Century (1101-1200)
    13th Century (1201-1300)
    14th Century (1301-1400)
    15th Century (1401-1500)
    16th Century (1501-1600)
    Central Middle Ages
    Early Middle Ages
    General
    High Middle Ages
    Late Antiquity
    Late Middle Ages
    Africa
    Asia
    Byzantium
    Central and Eastern Europe
    Global
    Islamic World
    Mediterranean
    Northern Europe
    Roman Empire
    Linked Resources
    Crusade
    Culture
    Disability
    Economy and Trade
    Environment
    Intellectual History
    Jewish
    Law
    Literary
    Material Culture
    Medievalism
    Music and Dance
    Pandemics and Plague
    Peasants
    Politics
    Race and Ethnicity
    Religion and Religious Life
    Saints
    Slavery
    Town Life, Country Life
    Vernacular
    Vikings
    Warfare
    Women, Gender & Sexuality
    Public Books database of open-access books

    Browse a database of open-access books from academic presses.

    2nd Century (101-200)
    3rd Century (201-300)
    4th Century (301-400)
    5th Century (401-500)
    6th Century (501-600)
    7th Century (601-700)
    8th Century (701-800)
    9th Century (801-900)
    10th Century (901-1000)
    11th Century (1001-1100)
    12th Century (1101-1200)
    13th Century (1201-1300)
    14th Century (1301-1400)
    15th Century (1401-1500)
    16th Century (1501-1600)
    Central Middle Ages
    Early Middle Ages
    General
    High Middle Ages
    Late Antiquity
    Africa
    Asia
    Byzantium
    Central and Eastern Europe
    Global
    Islamic World
    Mediterranean
    Northern Europe
    Roman Empire
    Linked Resources
    Crusade
    Culture
    Disability
    Economy and Trade
    Environment
    Intellectual History
    Jewish
    Law
    Literary
    Material Culture
    Medievalism
    Music and Dance
    Pandemics and Plague
    Peasants
    Politics
    Race and Ethnicity
    Religion and Religious Life
    Saints
    Silly Stuff
    Slavery
    Town Life, Country Life
    Vernacular
    Vikings
    Warfare
    Women, Gender & Sexuality
    Ian Mladjov’s Resources, an excellent resource of historical maps.

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

    2nd Century (101-200)
    3rd Century (201-300)
    4th Century (301-400)
    5th Century (401-500)
    6th Century (501-600)
    7th Century (601-700)
    8th Century (701-800)
    9th Century (801-900)
    10th Century (901-1000)
    11th Century (1001-1100)
    12th Century (1101-1200)
    13th Century (1201-1300)
    14th Century (1301-1400)
    15th Century (1401-1500)
    16th Century (1501-1600)
    Central Middle Ages
    Early Middle Ages
    General
    High Middle Ages
    Late Antiquity
    Late Middle Ages
    Africa
    Asia
    Byzantium
    Central and Eastern Europe
    Global
    Islamic World
    Mediterranean
    Northern Europe
    Roman Empire
    Linked Resources
    Politics
    Maps from The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History

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

      7th Century (601-700)
      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      High Middle Ages
      Late Middle Ages
      Byzantium
      Islamic World
      Mediterranean
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Politics
      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. 

      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      Late Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Related Databases and Websites
      Warfare
      Manuscript Studies Select Bibliography

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

      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      High Middle Ages
      Late Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Intellectual History
      Material Culture
      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.

      2nd Century (101-200)
      3rd Century (201-300)
      4th Century (301-400)
      5th Century (401-500)
      6th Century (501-600)
      7th Century (601-700)
      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      16th Century (1501-1600)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      General
      High Middle Ages
      Late Antiquity
      Late Middle Ages
      Mediterranean
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Intellectual History
      Literary
      Religion and Religious Life
      Sources for the history of the Angevin Empire

      Browse an annotated list of sources for studying the Angevin Empire.

      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      High Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Politics
      The Medieval Canon Law Virtual Library

      View digitized and searchable open-access editions of medieval canon law texts.

      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      High Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Primary Source
      Law
      Religion and Religious Life
      The Carolingian Canon Law Project

      Browse a searchable, electronic edition of works of canon law used by Carolingian readers.

      7th Century (601-700)
      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      Early Middle Ages
      Central and Eastern Europe
      Mediterranean
      Northern Europe
      Primary Source
      Related Databases and Websites
      Law
      Religion and Religious Life
      "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."

      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      16th Century (1501-1600)
      Central Middle Ages
      High Middle Ages
      Late Middle Ages
      Mediterranean
      Northern Europe
      Multimedia Learning
      Law
      Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy

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

      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      16th Century (1501-1600)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      High Middle Ages
      Late Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Economy and Trade
      Law
      Peasants
      Politics
      Religion and Religious Life
      Town Life, Country Life
      International Center of Medieval Art

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

      2nd Century (101-200)
      3rd Century (201-300)
      4th Century (301-400)
      5th Century (401-500)
      6th Century (501-600)
      7th Century (601-700)
      8th Century (701-800)
      9th Century (801-900)
      10th Century (901-1000)
      11th Century (1001-1100)
      12th Century (1101-1200)
      13th Century (1201-1300)
      14th Century (1301-1400)
      15th Century (1401-1500)
      16th Century (1501-1600)
      Central Middle Ages
      Early Middle Ages
      General
      High Middle Ages
      Late Antiquity
      Late Middle Ages
      Northern Europe
      Linked Resources
      Culture
      Material Culture
      Digital Repositories for Book History Teaching

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

        2nd Century (101-200)
        3rd Century (201-300)
        4th Century (301-400)
        5th Century (401-500)
        6th Century (501-600)
        7th Century (601-700)
        8th Century (701-800)
        9th Century (801-900)
        10th Century (901-1000)
        11th Century (1001-1100)
        12th Century (1101-1200)
        13th Century (1201-1300)
        14th Century (1301-1400)
        15th Century (1401-1500)
        16th Century (1501-1600)
        Central Middle Ages
        Early Middle Ages
        General
        High Middle Ages
        Late Antiquity
        Late Middle Ages
        Africa
        Asia
        Byzantium
        Central and Eastern Europe
        Global
        Islamic World
        Mediterranean
        Northern Europe
        Roman Empire
        Linked Resources
        Intellectual History
        Material Culture