Medieval and Renaissance Resources
(Image: An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments, Hans Holbein the Younger, circa early 1530s)
Archival Research
Online Databases: Available to LUC students for free through the LUC Libraries website are several online databases, listed below, that contain medieval and renaissance archival materials and books. Secondary sources on medieval and renaissance literature and history are available on databases such as JSTOR and Project Muse.
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Aristoteles Latinus Database Database of Latin Dictionaries Library of Latin Texts Corpus Thomisticum Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online Loeb Classical Library Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th Ed Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature Thesaurus Linguae Graecae Patrologia Graecae Dictionary of Old English Old English Corpus Dictionary of Old English: A to H Benson's Glossarial DataBase of Middle English Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse Middle English Compendium |
Goldsmiths'- Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850 Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art Index of Medieval Art Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926 Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Bibliography of British and Irish History Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition Monumenta Germaniae Historica European Views of America: 1493-1750 Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 |
| Literature & Drama | Religious History & General Study |
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) Garnier Classics BREPOLiS Cambridge Companions Online Gale Primary Sources Drama Online Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare First Folio of Shakespeare Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance Oxford Scholarly Editions Online: New Oxford Shakespeare Shakespeare Collection |
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie Ecclésiastiques Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts King James Bible Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation ATLA Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Encyclopedia of Islam Index Islamicus International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) Oxford Bibliographies Online: Medieval Studies Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance and Reformation |
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Open Access: Besides searching for medieval and renaissance texts in Google Books, consult: Manuscripts Online: Written Culture 1000 to 1500 The British Library's Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts |
Medieval Manuscripts on the Web Early Manuscripts from the University of Iowa Libraries Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts from the Morgan Library & Museum European Association for Digital Humanities |
Research Institutions
Local Research Institutions:
The Jesuitica Collection and other early modern books are held at the LUC Archives and Special Collections on the 2nd floor of Cudahy Library, LSC. Items in these collections are available for consultation by appointment only.
Chicago's Newberry Library contains hundreds of medieval and renaissance primary sources, as outlined in Paul Saenger’s Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library (University of Chicago Press, 1989). Guides to Pre-1500 European Manuscripts and Post-1500 European Manuscripts are also available online, as is a bibliography of publications about the Newberry’s Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
- The Newberry's Center for Renaissance Studies works with an international consortium of universities in North America and Europe. It offers a wide range of scholarly programs and digital and print publications based in the Newberry collections, and provides a locus for a community of scholars who come from all over the world to use the library’s early manuscripts, printed books, and other materials. Additionally, the institution holds an annual book fair every summer which contains books on medieval and renaissance literature and history for sale at average or reduced prices.
Northwestern University's library in Evanston contains the Herskovits Library of African Studies and the British Library's Royal African Company documents (T70) in microfilm, detailing the early modern origins of the transatlantic slave trade.
International Research Institutions:
- The British Library
- The Bodleian Library
- Trinity College Library
- The Huntington Library
- UC Berkeley Library
- Folger Shakespeare Library
Conferences
- International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS - Kalamazoo)
- International Medieval Congress (IMC -Leeds)
- Medieval Academy of America (MAA)
- International Arthurian Society (IAS)
- Medieval Chronicle Society (MCS)
- International Medieval Society (IMS)
- The Texas Medieval Association (TMA)
- Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies (VCMS)
- Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies (CSRS)
- Annual Meeting of Renaissance Society of America (AMRSA)
- Shakespeare Association of America (SAA)
- Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (SSEMW)
- Renaissance Conference of Southern California (RCSC)
- Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (SCSC)
- Reading Early Modern Studies Conference (REMSC)
- The Comparative Drama Conference (CDC)
- Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA)
Networking
The Early Modern Commons often posts CFPs for conferences, seminars, workshops, and book collections.
The McElroy Shakespeare Festival: Every spring semester, faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students attend the McElroy Shakespeare Festival in Mundelein's Newhart Family Theatre to watch actors from LUC's Department of Performing and Fine Arts enact several Shakespeare scenes during a keynote lecture by a visiting scholar. During the fall semester, graduate students will have the chance to apply for the position of the McElroy publicity assistant for the next celebration.
The Medieval Studies program at LUC often holds talks by visiting scholars focusing on various topics in medieval literature and history and other events in collaboration with various university departments.
Teaching and Research Tools
Shakespeare Online: Students and instructors can find information about Shakespeare on this website.
Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS): Besides providing ideas on teaching medieval studies, the website also supports a peer-reviewed online journal, The Once and Future Classroom, dedicated to encouraging and facilitating medieval studies at all levels of instruction, including at the college level. This journal is for anyone interested in the teaching of any area related to the study of the Middle Ages.
TES: Several avenues for teachers to pursue when teaching Shakespeare are available on this website.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: All of Shakespeare's plays and poetry are available on this website.
The Folger Shakespeare Library website contains several pages of Classroom Resources for teachers of English Renaissance drama.
