Links provided within the blog are available below, along with a selection of useful sites for students of medieval European history.
Publications & Primary Sources
The Electronic Sawyer – Online catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters
Icelandic Saga Database – All Icelandic sagas published online (in English where available)
Icelandic Saga Map – Mapping the Icelandic Sagas
Irish Placename Database – Glossary & Distibution of common Irish place-name elements
Key to English Place Names – (University of Nottingham) – Interactive map providing place-name origins
Ordnance Survey – Origins of Place-names – Guide to the influences of Welsh, Scots, Gaelic, and Scandinavian languages on place-names in Wales and Scotland
Parker Library on the Web – Digitised editions of the medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and early printed books, held in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College.
Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages – An international project to edit the corpus of medieval Norse-Icelandic skaldic poetry
Translated Sagas – A database of every translation of each Old Norse saga
The Viking Society for Northern Research (University College London) – Digital Publications
Palaeography & Codicology
Digging Deeper: Making Manuscripts – Archived Stanford University course available for self-directed learning – Latin and Middle English
Hill Museum & Manuscripts Library – Latin & Syriac Scripts, with Arabic, Armenian, Gәʿәz, and Persian forthcoming
Interactive Album of Medieval Palaeography – French, Latin, Italian, and Arabic with a strong emphasis on transcription training
Postgraduate Online Research Training – Latin, Old English, and Middle English
UK National Archives – Middle and Early Modern English (1500 – 1800)
Archives & Directories
Trinity College Dublin Manuscripts and Archives Research Library
Schools & Courses
Irish Archaeological Field School
Historical Sites
