Medieval History on the Web
Much of what's available on the Web is unreliable at best. Your best option is to read books first, even encyclopedia entries. Then you will have some notion of what is reasonable and what is nonsense. But many primary sources are available on-line, in the original and in translation.
I have very few links to offer, but these are good ones. And they will, in turn, lead you to many more.
THE granddaddy of them all is The Labyrinth, the meta-page maintained by Georgetown University in Washington. D.C. It provides access to ARGOS, a search engine desigend to find info on medieval, Renaissance and Byzantine topics.
Another stand-by is NetSERF. It's another meta-page, organized differently, but very useful.
A meta-page maintained by an SCA person, Mistress Elizabeth Braidwood, is also a wonderful resource. It contains many links to a variety of topics, with commentary on those she finds particularly useful or peculiar. And if you're interested in living history or the SCA, it has other useful links besides history.
More user-friendly and less overwhelming is the medieval and renaissance history page at about.com. I've included the link to the main page of about.com, as well as the link to the medieval and renaissance history page. This is aimed at a younger crowd, or to those who have little or no experience with the vast topic of medieval history (if you don't know who the Venerable Bede was or why he's important, you'll hardly find a page of his work in translation interesting, let alone useful!) This page will give you some overviews, as well as links to more detailed information |
