Acta Sanctorum
68-volume series on the lives of Roman Catholic saints.
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AM Explorer
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM ExplorerAM Search
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM SearchL'Année Philologique
Database for classical studies and information on Ancient Greece and Rome.
About L'Année PhilologiqueAristoteles Latinus Database (ALD)
Electronic version of the Aristoteles Latinus series, plus additional Latin translations used in the Middle Ages for the study of Aristotle.
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The Bible in English
English Bible translations primarily dating from the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
About The Bible in EnglishBiographical Archive of the Middle Ages
*Best Bet for SubjectIncludes biographical information on persons from Europe and the Middle East prominent in politics, literature, religion, art, and other fields during the Medieval period.
About Biographical Archive of the Middle AgesBrill’s Medieval Reference Library
*Best Bet for SubjectIncludes significant reference works in medieval studies, including Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages.
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Corpus de la Littérature Médiévale
Contains more than 800 French literary works, narratives, poems, and plays from the 9th through the 15th centuries.
About Corpus de la Littérature MédiévaleCorpus de la littérature narrative du Moyen Age au 20e siècle
Contains more than 1,000 French narrative works that date from the Middle Ages (Moyen Âge) to the 20th century.
About Corpus de la littérature narrative du Moyen Age au 20e siècleD
Database of Latin Dictionaries
Searches across over twenty dictionaries of the Latin language (including Latin-English and Latin-French dictionaries) for ancient, medieval, or modern Latin and for selected subjects.
About Database of Latin DictionariesDictionary of Old English
Dictionary of the English language as used from 600-1150 A.D.
About Dictionary of Old EnglishDictionary of Old English Web Corpus
Contains at least one copy of every surviving Old English text.
About Dictionary of Old English Web CorpusDigital Scriptorium
*Best Bet for Subject(Open Access) Image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts.
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The Index of Medieval Art
(Open Access) Archive of early Christian and Medieval art, featuring an index of iconographic themes and many images.
About The Index of Medieval ArtInternational Medieval Bibliography
*Best Bet for SubjectIndex of scholarship on all subjects relating to the Middle Ages (400-1500 AD) in the geographical areas of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
About International Medieval BibliographyIter Bibliography
*Best Bet for SubjectIndex of secondary sources on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
About Iter BibliographyIter Italicum
*Best Bet for SubjectFinding list to Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.
About Iter ItalicumIter: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
*Best Bet for SubjectFinding list to Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world.
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Library of Latin Texts (LLT)
Over 11,000 Latin works and diplomatic charters dating from ancient times to the 20th century.
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Digitized manuscripts dating from the 12th to early 18th centuries.
About Medieval and Early Modern StudiesMedieval Family Life
The collected papers of five major families from the late medieval England period: Paston, Stonor, Cely, Plumpton, and Armburgh.
About Medieval Family LifeMedieval Travel Writing
Primary source material describing real and fictitious travel in the Middle Ages.
About Medieval Travel WritingMiddle English Compendium
(Open Access) Includes Middle English Dictionary, Bibliography of Middle English, and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
About Middle English CompendiumMonumenta Germaniae Historica (eMGH)
Electronic version of the critical edition Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
About Monumenta Germaniae Historica (eMGH)N
New Pauly
Encyclopedia of the ancient world.
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Oxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval Studies
*Best Bet for SubjectAnnotated bibliographies on Medieval studies.
About Oxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval StudiesOxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance & Reformation
Annotated bibliographies on Renaissance and Reformation studies.
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Parker Library on the Web
(Open Access) Handwritten books from the sixth through the sixteenth centuries written mostly in Latin, Anglo-Saxon, or English.
About Parker Library on the WebParliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504
Official records of the sessions of the medieval English parliament.
About Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, 1275-1504Patrologia Latina
Electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina and the four volumes of indexes. Includes the works of the Church Fathers who wrote in Latin, dating from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
About Patrologia LatinaPatrologia Orientalis
Electronic version of the ongoing Patrologia Orientalis series, which aims to eventually include all the works of the Church Fathers of the Christian East.
About Patrologia OrientalisPatrologiæ Græcæ
Electronic version of Jacques-Paul Migne's The Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca. Includes the works of the Church Fathers who wrote in Greek, dating from the 1st century through the Council of Florence in 1439.
About Patrologiæ GræcæProQuest One Religion & Philosophy
Scholarly journals in the areas of religion and philosophy, as well as popular magazines, primary source documents, and videos covering world religions.
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Religion Archive Collection (ProQuest)
Historical primary and secondary religious sources.
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Sources Chrétiennes Online
Electronic version of the ongoing Sources Chrétiennes series, which consists of critical editions of texts from the first 1400 years of the Christian Church.
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Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
The most authoritative dictionary of ancient Latin, covering texts from the classical period through 600 A.D.
About Thesaurus Linguae LatinaeTranslated Texts for Historians E-Library
Major historic texts dating from from 300 to 800 A.D. translated into English.
About Translated Texts for Historians E-Library