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The resources below are designed to help you find specific information about medieval topics quickly and efficiently. You may find this the perfect place to start your research as well as a useful reference point for checking dates, locations, the definitions of unusual terms and other significant facts.

Glossaries and Word Lists
Listings of significant terms from the middle ages and their modern translations.

Languages
Helpful links for understanding and using older languages.

Maps and Geography
Collections of maps and cartographic images, both period and modern, depicting various places during the middle ages.

Online Libraries and Text Collections
Sites offering collections of online medieval texts and modern historical works in medieval studies.

Timelines, Chronologies, and Dynastic Tables
Chronological representations of significant events, family trees and lists of rulers in medieval times.

A Medieval Atlas
From your About Guide, a many-layered directory to maps on the Internet and here at the Medieval History site. Use the graphical directory to find the map you need by region, or look by century or place name. Period maps, topic maps, and city & town maps are also available.

The Medieval Sourcebook
An extensive on-line resource for primary documents, with links to files at other on-line libraries as well as texts found only at the sourcebook; by Paul Halsall at Fordham University.

NetSERF's Hypertext Medieval Glossary
Massive collection of more than 1,400 terms on every aspect of medieval life, concisely explained, accompanied by citations of sources, and linked to associated terms when appropriate. Exceedingly well-done by Beau A.C. Harbin.

Hwæt! Old English in Context
Online course by Catherine N. Ball at the Old English pages. Mac users need special fonts to view the Old English characters; Windows users may have difficulty with sound files.

The EAWC Chronology
Only part of a huge timeline by Anthony F. Beavers at the Exploring Ancient World Cultures site, this and the next 18 pages provide capsule descriptions of events and links to images, primary sources, and further info.

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