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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

Northern Europe

Related Databases and Websites

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

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

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

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Intellectual History

Material Culture

Medieval Legal Primary Source Materials in Print

Access bibliography of printed primary sources on legal 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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Adam Bishop’s Library, with linked sources on the Crusades

Access a large linked collection of research on the Crusades, with links to view and download volumes. Collected by Adam Bishop.

11th Century (1001-1100)

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

High Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Houghton University Library Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Religion and Religious Life

Material Culture

Intellectual History

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Library of Congress

Find information about rare Medieval books in the Library of Congress's holdings.

13th Century (1201-1300)

High Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

Intellectual History

#Breakfast Paleography

A series of morning reflections on medieval handwriting by Lisa Fagin Davis.

Central Middle Ages

Early Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

Medieval Academy of America 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

The Medieval Academy of America has made available several of the sessions of the 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.

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 and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Ad fontes

Find learning resources for scholars and students of history at Ad fontes.

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

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Teaching with Digital Tools

Rebeca Cubas-Peña’s Becky’s Medieval World

Find information about medical manuscripts, women, and literature in the medieval world.

15th Century (1401-1500)

16th Century (1501-1600)

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Pandemics and Plague

Women, Gender & Sexuality

Peter Kidd’s Manuscript Provenance blog

Find research on Peter Kidd's blog regarding the history, contents, and other backgrounds of manuscripts.

12th Century (1101-1200)

13th Century (1201-1300)

14th Century (1301-1400)

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Northern Europe

Multimedia Learning

Material Culture

Vatican Library

Search through the Vatican's immense and growing digital collection of manuscripts and other materials that are of interest to scholars of medieval and late antique history and cultures.

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

Cambridge Digital Library

Search and browse through a large number of digitized manuscripts from the collections of Cambridge University and its colleges.

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Material Culture

DMMapp: Digitized Medieval Manuscripts app

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

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Related Databases and Websites

Material Culture

e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland

Search and browse through many hundreds of digitized medieval manuscripts held in Switzerland's libraries and museums.

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)

Early Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Linked Resources

Monastic Manuscript Project

Search a database of manuscript descriptions for texts pertaining to early medieval monasticism, compiled by Albrecht Diem.

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)

Early Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Linked Resources

Religion and Religious Life

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

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

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

High Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages

Central and Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Digitized Archives and Manuscripts

Pandemics and Plague