This video discusses the importance of synagogues to Jewish life in medieval Spain and explains why only a few of these buildings have survived to the present day. It shows that despite Christian authorities’ efforts to restrict the construction of new synagogues, many Jewish communities in Spain found ways to circumvent these prohibitions. The video focuses on the synagogues of Seville, where Archdeacon Ferrán Martínez’s campaign to demolish local Jewish places of worship paved the way for the anti-Jewish riots of 1391 and the conversion of Seville’s synagogues into churches. One of these churches, Santa María la Blanca, conceals the remnants of the medieval synagogue underneath its baroque-period plasterwork.   

This video provides a context for understanding Jewish life in medieval England, and examines the lives of several Jewish women living there in the thirteenth century. Documents prepared for English administration on behalf of the crown provide glimpses into the activities of these women, many of whom were successful and active members of their communities.

This video examines the myth of the medieval Polish Queen Esther, a story which became popular in 18th- and 19th-century literature. The myth was used to explain how Jews came to reside in Polish lands. The presentation focuses on the first known record of this second Queen Esther, found in Jan Długosz’ 15th century Chronicle of Poland. The story offers a brief view of tensions between Jews and Christians in 15th Century Poland, and further acts as an entry point for understanding how scholars can use chronicles as historical sources.

View a collection of digitized manuscripts found in Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. 

Listen to a podcast with the latest reviews on books and advancements in the field of Armenian Studies.

View extensive bibliographies on early, late antique, and medieval Christian apocrypha (anonymous and pseudepigraphical narratives, gospels, and epistles). 

Explore the rich history, art, and culture of the northern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Access content about the history of Eastern Europe in the form of historical overviews, art historical case studies, short notices about ongoing research projects, and reviews of recent books and exhibitions. 

Browse resources, news, updates useful for teaching in medieval studies at the undergraduate, secondary, and elementary school level through the provision of resources and the sharing of techniques.

Browse illuminating articles about how to get the most out of new and old technologies in the classroom, with many practical activities for busy teachers. 

Find a host of curated links to medieval resources online. Also includes links to a number of late antiquity sources.

Follow links to syllabi on all eras of Jewish history. 

See a portal for PEACE, the Portal for Epigraphy, Archaeology, Conservation and Education on Jewish Funerary Culture. 

Discover online databases and studies on late antique and early-medieval inscriptions.

Access an extensive library of digitized Latin texts from a wide variety of authors, times (up to the 7th century CE), and places. 

Search and browse a large collection of Latin texts with interactive lexical helps. 

Search and browse all known Greek literary texts from antiquity to 1453 CE.

Search and browse Princeton's index of medieval art. 

Access many of Peter Brown's scholarship on medieval and late antique history and culture. 

These videos describe and demonstrate the use of digital resources that will aid researchers and teachers as they understand and describe geography and its social impacts in the middle ages. Many of the tools and concepts may be useful to scholars of late antiquity and global medievalism as well. 

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