Links for the Heroic Age
Welcome to the Links Page for The Heroic Age. This page was last updated 15 July 2004. Links in RED are new links for this update. Please send all suggestions, problems, or new links to Larry Swain.
General Links
- ArchNet
- IMS The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- The Labyrinth
- Medieval Academic Discussion Lists
- Netserf
- Online Reference Book (ORB) for Medieval Studies
- Perseus Project
- Voice of the Shuttle
- OMACL
- Calendar Calculator
- Ian's English Calendar
- Oxford Text Archive
- International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan U.
- Cotton Nero A.x.Project A little late for us, but it is a good project, an online exercise in textual criticism.
- Mediävistik im Internet A General German Site, includes much of interest to our period.
- Tennesee Bob's Famous French Links Another site of interest, large list of links.
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Early Medieval Corpus of Single Finds of Coins in the British Isles, 410-1180
- Latin Inscriptions mostly classical, but useful.
- Infimae Aetatis A Catalogue of Ancient and Medieval Latin Inscriptions
- Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions
- The Visigothic Code
- Manuscript Evolution
- Readings for History Courses, covers Late Antiquity
- Medieval Science Page
- Lectures On History from Lynn Nelson, Univ. of Kansas
- Theodosian Code
- Medieval Manuscripts at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
- Medieval Technology Timeline
- Medieval Languages and Linguistics Links
- Medieval Search Engine
- Online Bibliography for Wills and Probate
- TimeRef—a timeline for the Medieval Period, links to further explanation of persons and events
- Timeline of Natural Disasters, Plagues, and Environmental Observations
- Early English Books Online
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
- Online Books
- The Twelve Tables
Search Help
- Dogpile is a search engine that searches search engines, online newspapers and magazines, usenet, and ftp sites.
- Yahoo! for Britain and Ireland
- What Do You Want to Know Today?" A very useful site.
- Medieval Europe Search Engine
- AIM25—London Area Archival Searches
Atlases and Maps
- Roman Military Sites in Britain
- Heraldic Atlas
- The DIR and ORB Ancient and Medieval Atlas
- Index of Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period 400-1300 A.D.
- Political Maps of Europe AD 1-1000
- Maps of Anglo-Saxon England
Bibliographies
- An Eleventh Century Anglo-Saxon Glossary
- Anonymous Old English Homilies by Janet Bately, also at WMU's Rawlinson Center.
- Bibliography of the Battle of Maldon
- British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography—now a pay site
- Carolingian Bibliography
- Early Medieval Resources for Britian, Ireland and Brittany—bibliographies and timelines
- Simon Keynes Anglo-Saxon Bibliography hosted by the Richard Rawlinson Center at Western Michigan University
- C. P. Biggam's Anglo-Saxon Studies Bibliogarphy
- TOCS-IN The Classical Studies Bibliography Search
- Base d'Information Bibliographique en Patristique an excellent Patristic bibliography source
- WEMSK What Every Medievalist Should Know, compiled by James Marchand
- The Medieval Library Print bibliography and lists of helpful websites available
- Dr. Charles Wright's Course Bibliographies, includes Old and Middle English, Medieval Latin and more
- Research Bibliographies on Political and Social History by Thomas Head
- Norman Bibliography
- Medieval/Cultural Studies Bibliography
- Cornish Medieval Drama
- Medieval Bibliography
- Early Medieval Literature
- Medieval Bibliography from ORB
- Germanic Kinship
- Missals and Mass Bibliography from ORB
- The Books that Influenced Twentieth Century Medieval Historical Studies
- The Year 1000 and the Question of the "feudal transformation"
- Studies of Trifunctionalism—the three estates
- Lordship in the Middle Ages
Online Journals
- Arthuriana Journal of the International Arthurian Society—North American Branch
- Anglo-Saxon England (contents page only)
- Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History (contents pages only)
- Britannia
- British Archaeology
- Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies (contents pages only)
- Celtica (contents pages only)
- Internet Archaeology
- The Heroic Age
- Journal of Irish Archaeology (contents pages only)
- Old English Newsletter (information page)
- Peritia Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland (contents pages only)
- Chrétien de Troyes Online
- Current Archaeology
- Matheliende-Newsletter of A-S and Medieval Studies at U. of Georgia—from 1993-1997.
- TC Journal a journal which deals principally with the textual criticism of the Bible, but since the vast majority of the earliest manuscripts, Greek and Latin, are from our area, readers may be interested in the journal.
- Medieval Life a journal that publishes articles on social history, some online.
- Canterbury Archaeological Trust
- Early Medieval Europe—links currently down (Contents and Abstracts)
- Envoi
- Brehon Law Review
- Chronicon
- Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy—some articles available for download in PDF, many articles have online abstracts
Organizations and Discussion Lists
- Academic Discussion Groups a a list of discussion ggroups and their foci
- H-Net List of H-Net sponsored Discussion LLists
- International Arthurian Society
- Council for BritishAArchaeology
- Pictish Arts Society
- Late Antiquity Research Group
- Canadian Society of Medievalists
- International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
- Ansax Database for Ansax Net
- Late Antiquity Society
- The Viking Society for Northern Research
- The Linguist List A list of language related discussion lists
- Medieval Latin Association of North America
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Celtic Studies Association of North America
- The Early Medieval Forum
- Germanic-L homepage and subscription information
Arthurian Links
- The Camelot Project
- Arthurnet
- Arthurian Resources on the Internet by John Doherty
- Tom Green's Arthurian Resources
- Celtic Studies Resources
- Llys Arthur (Arthur's Court)
- The Saxon Shore Down?
- Early Medieval Resources for Britian, Ireland and Brittany
- Celtic Twilight
- Chrétien de Troyes Online
- Forest of Brocelainde
The Britons
- Early Medieval Resources for Britian, Ireland and Brittany
- Gwarnant: Medieval Welsh Poetry
- LacusCurtius a site dedicated to Rome, but includes primary source material relating to Roman Britain
- The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
- Roman Map of Britain
- Vortigern Studies
- Math the Son of Mathonwy
- Gwarnant Welsh Poetry
- Late Roman Army
- Gildas in translation
- Nennius' Hisotria Brittonum
- Nennius again, in translation
- Nennius in translation at Project Gutenburg
- Life of Gildas in modern English
- Annales of Cambriae
- Description of Wales by Gerald of Wales, from Project Gutenberg
- Celtic Gaul
- Black Book of Carmarthen, BBC News Report
- The Black Book of Carmarthen
- Encyclopedia of the Celts
- British Isles, 500-1000
- Celtic Mythology
- A Study Of The Interrelationship And Development Of Fantastic Beasts In Manuscripts And Metalwork Of The Sixth To Eighth Centuries In The British Isles.
- Welsh Language Information
- Historia Brittonum by Nennius, tr. J. A. Giles
- The Mabinogion
Medieval Christianity
- Fathers of the Church
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- The Unbound Bible a searchable Bible online with several versions available.
- Canadian Society Of Patristic Studies Connections to search engines which deal in Patristic literature, primary and secondary.
- Medieval Religion List Homepage
- The Rule of St. Augustine
- The Rule of Benedict in many languages, including Latin
- St. Pachomius Library Late Antique and Medieval church writers listed
- Augustine by James O'Donnell
- Boethius by James O'Donnell
- Another Augustine page
- Order of St. Benedict with information on their founder
- St. Scholastica
- The Ecole Initiative
- A Life of St. Kentigern
- Lives of the Saints A site for several saint's lives, including Aidan, Scholastica, and Gregory the Great
- Auxentius on Wulfila
- Studies Concerning Medieval and Franciscan Exegesis and Biblical Studies
- St. Ephrem the Syrian-an influential Syrian father, his works were translated into Latin and had some impact.
- Online Calendar of Saints' Days—housed by ORB
- A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies, by Henry Wace
- Project Wulfila, an electronic edition of Wulfila's Gothic translation of the Bible
- History of Monastic Spirituality
- Gregorian Chant Page
- DIAMM Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- Matrix
- Medieval Spirituality
- St. Brigid
- Dictionary of Christian Biography
- Christian Sources a bibliography
- BAPTISTERIA SACRA: An Iconographic Index of Baptismal Fonts
- Bollandistes
- Jerome from the Ecole Initiative
- A Guide to Research in the History of the Medieval Christian Church by Thomas Head
- A Guide to Medieval Monasticism
- EUCHERIUS OF LYONS, On Contempt for the World
- Listing of Augustine's Works Online
- Gregory I
- St. Scholastica
- La Bible française au moyen âge
- The Letter from Heaven
- Aids to the Study of Medieval Saints
The Irish
- Triads of Ireland
- Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany
- The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
- Ogam Inscriptions: Index
- F.E.R.C.AN. FONTES EPIGRAPHICI RELIGIONIS CELTICAE ANTIQVAE
- A partial life of St. Columbanus, books I and II in Latin
- The Locus Project Documents of Ireland
- Medieval Irish Poetry
- Literature and Verse Early Irish Literature
- Corpus of Electronic Texts, CELT
- Confession of St. Patrick
- Bibliography on Adomnan
- The Book of Invasions
- Second Battle of Mag Tured
- Bricriu's Feast
- Boyhood Deeds of Cu Chulainn
- The Tain
- The Fenian Cycle
- The Brittonic Age timeline
- Irish Timeline
- Breton Timeline
- Celtic Manuscripts At the Bodleian
- Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art Bibliography
- Monastic Tale—the story of Mad Sweeney
- St. Brigid
- From the Martyrology of Saint Oengus, Celi De: Concerning Saint Brigit of Kildare
- Celtic Pantheon
- History of St. Patrick
- Confessions of St. Patrick
- Confessions of St. Patrick translated by Ludwig Bieler
- St. Brigid
- Colum cille—a brief biography
- Carmina Gaedelica
- Bos primigenius in Britain: or, why do fairy cows have red ears? (Research Article).(Critical Essay)
- A Study Of The Interrelationship And Development Of Fantastic Beasts In Manuscripts And Metalwork Of The Sixth To Eighth Centuries In The British Isles.
- School of Durrow from Catholic Encyclopedia
- St Columba's case book.—article in British Medical Journal
- The Book of Durrow
- The Rule of Columba
- The Book of the Taking of Ireland Book of Leinster 1150 A.D.
- Bibliography of Works on Adomnán
- The Tain
- The Book of Leinster
- Lindisfarne Gospels
- Gods and Fighting Men The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, by Lady Augusta Gregory [1904]
- HEROIC ROMANCES OF IRELAND BY A. H. LEAHY IN TWO VOLUMES (1905-6)
- Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland by Lady Augusta Gregory [1920]
- Cross Images
- Prehistoric Celtic Art
- High Crosses and Towers
- Irish art and artifacts
- Viking IMpact on Irish Art
- Guide to Irish Archaeological Sites
- Archaeology in Ireland: Investigations of the Celtic High Cross in Clonmacnois
- Archaeology of Ancient Ireland
- Early Irish Architecture
- Chronology of Irish History
- County Clare History
- Ogham
- Mac Daitho's Pig—in Old Irish and Modern English
- Pangur Ban
- CSANA Bibliography
- Sources for Late Roman Britain
- British Sources
- Irish Sources
- Breton Sources
- The Celts a general bibliography
- Colloquy with the Ancients
- The Vision of Adamnan
- The Irish Aeneid
- The Voyage of Bran
- The Feast of Briciriu
- The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel
- The Pursuit of the Gilla Decair and his Horse
- The Tain
- The Vision of MacConglinne (Aislinge Meic Conglinne)
- The Wandering of Ulixes Son of Laertes (Merugud Uilix Maicc Leirtis)
- The Death of the Sons of Usnach
- Introdcution to Ogham
- Archaeology Ireland
- The Tain
- Celtic Art at ORB
- Old Irish Bibliography from ORB
- Encyclopedia of the Celts
- Irish Script on Screen
- Rule of Colomban
Scots and Picts
- Book of Deer
- Book of Deer from the Bodleian. Full Images of the Mss online
- The Pictish Nation
- Early Medieval Resources for Britian, Ireland and Brittany
- Dalriada Heritage Trust
- Scottish Place Name Society
- The Pictish Chronicle
- The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
- The Problem of the Picts
- Orkney Jar on Orkney history and heritage
- Firth's Celtic Scotland and the Age of Saints
- The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
- Dalraidan Sources
- Rhynie Man
- Encyclopedia of the Celts
The Franks and Carolingians
- The Franks a bibliography
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne
- Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
- Carolingian Bibliography
- Tristan und Iseult
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures on French literature.
- Site d'histoire médiévale de Gauthier Langlois
- Literature of the Middle Ages in French
- Literature of the French Middle Ages by Bob Peckham
- The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
- Old High German literature
- The Planctus of William Longsword—son of Rollo, important text for tenth century Norman history.
- The Historical Charlemagne
- Agobard's On the Insolence of the Jews at the Medieval Sourcebook
- Bulfinch's "Legends of Charlemagne
- Monk of St. Gall's Vita of Charlemagne
- Les Serments des Strasbourg
- La Cantilène de Sainte Eulalia
- La Vie de Saint Léger
- Chansons de Roland
- Old French at the Labyrinth
- SCISSORS OR SWORDS?(social aspects of medieval hairstyles) by Simon Coates
- Sedulius Scottus—some selected poems
- Gregory of Tours bibliography from ORB
- Capitulary of Charlemagne, 802
- The Salic Law
- Treaty at Aix between Charles the Bald and Louis II
- Old French Language and Literature
Articles on Charlemagne
- Charlemagne in Italy. by Ross Balzaretti
- CHARLEMAGNE'S ELEPHANT by Richard Hodges
- Charlemagne's church at Aachen. (church and ritual in the Holy Roman Empire) by Janet L. Nelson
- The medieval euro: Simon Coupland introduces the single European currency of Louis the Pious. by Simon Coupland
Frisia
Literature and Art
- Bede.net
- Gwarnant: Medieval Welsh Poetry
- Triads of Ireland
- Early Medieval Resources for Britian, Ireland and Brittany
- Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne
- Gregory of Tours: History of the Franks
- The Tain
- Virgil.org
- Parsed Corpus of Middle English
- Vita S. Guthierni
- Project Wulfila—an electronic edition of Wulfila's Gothic translation of the Bible
- Comparative Glossary of Gothic
- Chansons de Roland
- Hildebrandslied
- Literary Timeline
- Christian and Byzantine Art
- Medieval Art
- Arms and Armor in Medieval Europe
- Barbarians and Romans
- Book in the Middle Ages, The Art of the
- Byzantine Art under Islam
- Byzantium (c. 330–1453 A.D.)
- Classical Antiquity in the Middle Ages
- Crusades, The (1095–1291 A.D.)
- Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages, The
- Death in the Middle Ages
- Decoration of European Armor, The
- Feudalism and Knights in Medieval Europe
- Fresco, Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
- Frescoes and Wall Painting in Late Byzantine Art
- Function of Armor in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, The
- German Sculpture, Late Medieval
- Gothic Art
- Hagia Sophia, 532–537 A.D.
- Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
- Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
- Justinian I, The Age of (527–565 A.D.)
- Liturgy in the Middle Ages, Art for the Christian
- Mendicant Orders in the Medieval World
- Monasticism in Medieval Christianity
- Panel Painting, Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
- Private Devotion in Medieval Christianity
- Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity
- Roman Empire, Provinces of the Later (1–500 A.D.)
- Romanesque Art
- Rulers, Byzantium, Abridged List of
- Rulers, Europe, Abridged List of
- Sacred Byzantine Figures, Saints and Other
- Sculpture for Buildings, Medieval European
- Stained Glass in Medieval Europe
Archaeology
- Council for British Archaeology
- CBA Guide To UK Archaeology
- Irish Archaeology on the Internet
- ArchNet
- Archaeology on the Net
- Archaaeological Resource for Europe
- Archeologia Medievale
- Athena Review's Guide to Archaeology on the Internet
- The Roman Army and Navy in Britannia
- Archaeology Ireland
Norse and Norman Links
- The Viking Bronze Page
- Norse Mythology
- The Viking Legacy
- Viking Heritage
- The Elder Edda
- Sagas and other Writings
- Saxo Grammaticus Danish History I-IX
- Saxo Grammaticus in Latin—has Danish chapter headings for navigation, but text is Latin
- Prose Edda
- Viking Society for Northern Research
- Volsung Saga
- Málfræñinnar grundvõllr
- Orkney Jar on Orkney history and heritage
- Norse Language Site
- A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
- The Norman World
- Jorvik Viking Center in York
- Viking Gotland
- Gotland
- Grettir's saga in translation at OMACL
- Gesta Danorum
- Hávamál
- Norse Mythology
- Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
- Tools for Learning Old Norse
- World of the Vikings
- Essential Norman Conquest
- Heimskringla—Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson, translated into English
- Viking Network—much of the site in Norwegian
- The Viking Answer Lady
- Essential Norman Conquest
- Hurtswic
- Laxdaela Saga
- Cormac the Skald
- Grettir's Saga
- Njal's Saga
- Eyrbyggja Saga
- Heitharviga Saga
- Volsunga Sage
- A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
- An Icelandic Primer by Henry Sweet
- Saganet Medieval Icelandic Literature at Cornell
- The Normans in South Wales, 1070-1171 by Lynn H. Nelson, 1966
- BBC's Vikings Site
- Climate Changes Effects on European Cultures: The Vikings
- Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God; 1085 A.D.
- Dudo of St Quentin's Gesta Normanorum
- The Viking Resource Page
- The Viking Times Magazine
- Vikings and Normans
- BBC: Tje Blood of the Vikings
- The Iron Age in Southern Sweden, 1200 BCE-1200 AD
- Vikings in the New World
- The Vikings, 780-1100
- Frojel—a great site about this archaeological site
- History of the Norman World
Judaism
- A Page of Babylonian Talmud Follow the links to the main page, and find pages dealing with Kabbalah
- ORB on Medieval Judaism
- Medieval Jewish History
Manx
- A Manx Notebook a listing of sites related to the Isle of Man
- Official Manx Heritage site.
- Center of Manx Studies at University of Liverpool
Latin Language and Literature
- Manuel pratique de latin médiéval by Dag Norberg in an English translation
- Jordanes
- The Year 1000
- A Translation of Jordanes
- Another Jordanes Translation
- Alcuin
- Egeria
- Isidore A partial edition of the Etymologica
- Passio Perpetuae
- Donation of Constantine
- Einhard Vita, in Latin, see above, The Franks, for an English translation
- Waltharius Manus Fortis
- Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources
- Auxentius on Wulfila
- The Latin Vulgate—includes Jerome's correspondance with Augustine on the Vulgate and bibliography
- The Latin Vulgate—By book and chapter
- Boethius—by James O'Donnell, includes Latin text, English translation, commentary, and bibliography
- Latin Literature— A wonderful site, listing both classical and medieval Latin authors, offering some translations as well. For those without CCEL or the PL, this is a vital site.
- Bede—Bibliotheca Augustana brings us some of Bede's writings.
- Bibliotheca Augustana—the main site, containing some Latin texts from pre-classical through post-Renaissance.
- Augustine
- Egeria's Trip to Jerusalem
- Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino
- Prudentius' Psychomachia
- Ausonius' Mosella
- Saxo Grammaticus in Latin—has Danish chapter headings for navigation, but text is Latin
- The Latin Word List
- De ave phonice
- Disticha Catonis
- Notitia Dignitatum
- Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis
- Pervigilium Veneris
- Appendix Vergiliana
- De Viris Illustribus
Links Updated and Checked 15 July 2004