ONLINE RESOURCES

These are both general medieval websites and specific Crusade websites. Please let me know if any links are 'dead' or if you find a site you think should be included herein. This is but a tiny sampling of the resources available to you on the internet. This list is by NO MEANS exhaustative and will be expanded as the semester progresses.

Crusade Bibliographies:

• At Brown University
• For the First Crusade - De Re Militari
  • Recent books on medieval warfare
• At Boise State - a compilation of others' bibliographies
• Crusades Encyclopedia - a massive collection of links to material

General Medieval Historical Information Pages:

• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Net SERF. Architecture, art, history, law, literature, music, religion and useful research resources.
• DScriptorium. Digital images of medieval manuscripts.
• Labyrinth. A virtual universe of medieval resources, sponsored by Georgetown University.
• ORB. The Online Resource Book for medievalists.
• Medieval Feminist Index. Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
• Internet Islamic Resource Page

Other Crusade Pages:

• Collection of Early Medieval Maps - How did medieval (300-1400 in this case) people view the world? Come here to see and be amazed.
• A virtual course on the Crusades at Boise State
• http://www.medievalcrusades.com/ - the site name says it all. (Perhaps more at a highschool level, but still filled with useful references)
• Crusade Images in 14th Century French Manuscripts
• A timeline of the crusades - Interactive
• A French Site with Crusade Images
• An article on Muslim cultural responses (literature and the like) to the Crusaders - http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1373/n4_v47/19308695/print.jhtml
• An article on Western perceptions of Islam - http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1373/n5_v47/19383880/print.jhtml
• A Crusade Sources page- In the originals with Italian translations
• http://crusades-encyclopedia.com/
• http://crusades.slu.edu/online.htm

Topics:

• The Ottoman Emirate - Articles
• Jews in the Middle Ages
• Mamluks and Mongols
• Medieval Hellenism (a little bit buggy)