Medieval Studies Resources

This page includes resources that don't fit into primary or secondary source categories. This includes indexes and bibliographies, which cite sources but may not include links to them. The medievalist societies section lists groups of medievalists active around the world. The third section focuses on projects in digital humanities and public history. The fourth list includes tools based on the principles of open access that may help you find articles and other materials usually held behind paywalls. This page is under construction and will be expanded in the future.

Indexes and Bibliographies

• General
  • The Online Medieval Sources Bibliography (Fordham University)
• Art
  • Iconography: A Checklist of Some Useful Sources for Scholars and Students of Medieval Art and Drama (Clifford Davidson, Western Michigan University)
• Law
  • English Medieval Legal Documents: Research Guides, Bibliographies, and Manuscript Catalogues (University of Southern California)
• Literature
  • Les Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge –  Archive of the Literature of the Middle Ages (ARLIMA, in French)
  • Chaucer Bibliography Online (University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • Digital Index of Middle English Verse
  • King Arthur in medieval sources (Judy Shoaf, University of Florida)
  • The Camelot Project: The Historical Arthur: A Bibliography (University of Rochester)
  • John Gower Bibliography Online (University of Texas at San Antonio)

Medievalist societies

• General
  • Centro italiano di Studi sull'alto medioevo in Spoleto (The Italian Center of Studies on the High Middle Ages in Spoleto)
  • Texas Medieval Association
  • Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS)
  • Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
  • Medieval Worlds: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Studies
  • PIMS – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
  • The Medieval Academy of America
• Anglo-Saxon/Norse Studies
  • The Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic society (Cambridge University)
• Art
  • International Center of Medieval Art
• Byzantine Studies
  • Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
• Literature
  • The International John Gower Society
  • International Piers Plowman Society
  • The Lollard Society
  • The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature

Public History and Digital Humanities

• Public History
  • The Public Medievalist
• Digital Humanities
  • Digital Commons Network: Medieval Studies Commons
  • Digital Medievalist (University of Lethbridge)
  • Global Middle Ages
  • Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance

Open Access Tools

• Sites and extensions for finding resources
  • Open Access Button
  • Unpaywall – An open database of 23,653,876 free scholarly articles