The Columbia Medievalist's New Essential Homepage
This page is steered by The Columbia
University Medieval Guild. It
seeks to ferry web-surfing medievalists toward the fundamental starting points
for medieval studies both locally at Columbia and globally on the Internet. Most of the websites listed here
themselves contain numerous links to e-texts, indexes, bibliographies, and
other essential electronic resources.
Local Columbia Links
The Ancient and Medieval Reading Room and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library are essential starting places for on-campus research.
Don't miss the fine collection of online Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Columbia, with further links to some 8000 digital MSS images at several other U.S. institutions.
The Ancient and Medieval Reading Room page also features an online listing of Internet Resources for Medievalists.
The Center for Research in the Middle Ages & the Renaissance courses offered at NYC universities.
Global Internet Links
Argos is a special search engine limited to finding websites with ancient and medieval content.
There are a number of Medieval Academic Discussion Groups of interest to medievalists. If you have never subscribed to a listserv discussion list, you should first read the related page about how discussion lists work.
Comprehensive Sites:
This is the major Internet resource for medieval studies. It contains collections of medieval texts and links to other sites of interest. A new web-database version with advanced search functions is available here.
Newly revamped page has multi-category medieval links from Archaeology to Women.
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Contains primary and secondary sources for things medieval. Part of ORB, the Online Reference Book for
Medieval Studies.
World Wide Web Virtual Library/Medieval Europe
Primary Sources:
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) at Berkeley is a collection of "some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization" available in electronic form.
Medieval Texts. A good listing of online texts "from and about the Medieval Period."
New Advent Church Fathers. Essential background reading for medieval Christianity.
Bibliography of Medieval Works in English Translation. Especially useful for designing course syllabi.
Medieval Drama in Translation.
Links for Medieval Theatre History and Early Music. Part of the Centre for Research in Early English Drama | Records of Early English Drama (REED).
And, for those of us who make a living teaching
this stuff:
Listings of Associations and publications in the medieval field are available at the Netserf Research Center.
The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages and Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART) are two publications dedicated to pedagogy.
Special mention:
The Medieval Latin Dictionary from Danish Sources. The best place to look up Medieval Latin words online.
Suggest your favorite medieval website for inclusion on the Columbia Medievalist's Essential Homepage.
Thanks to Candice, who set me back on the medieval track; Karen G., in whose footsteps I follow as Guild Webmaster; and Heather, who gave me the nod.
Last updated: 30 July 2001