Resources for the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Medieval Studies

• The York Corpus Christi Play An excellent animated simulation of the Corpus Christi play cycle, developed by Professor Dennis Jerz at the University of Toronto.

• ORB: On-Line Text Materials for Medieval Studies "ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies. NOTE: ORB'S OCLC number is 35987956." [JRW: This is a rich and fascinating site]

• Internet Medieval Source Book

• Labyrinth Georgetown University, links to a remarkable number of Medieval resources. Recently reorganized.

• Center for Research in Early English Drama/Records of Early English Drama (REED), Professor Alexandra F. Johnson, Director. A compendium of WWW resources for Theatre, Music and Dance, compiled and maintained by faculty and staff at Victoria College, University of Toronto, this site includes links to MS Repositories, Journals and E-Journals; Research Palaeography; Early Music and Dance; Play Texts; Shakespeare; and Medieval and Early Modern Theatre. This site is an excellent scholarly resource.

  Medieval Drama Links, a personal selection by Sidney Higgins, University of Leeds. This is an excellent resource for Medieval theatre and dramatic literature studies, as well as for materials on music, armor, etc.

• Although there is no link to this material, an excellent bibliography of Medieval sources may be found at the end of Michael Crichton's Timeline (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1999. pp. 447-450.) I highly recommend this as a resource for scholarship of the Late Middle Ages.

  Teatro Vicentino/Gil Vicente (1465-1536), Portuguese playwright. You can't get there from here, unfortunately. Look up "Teatro Vicentino" on Google. Look for the entry entitled "Gil Vicente," with the URL www.feranet21.com.br/biografias/ biografias/gil_vicente.htm. If you select this you'll get an excellent biography with many links to Vicente's work in Portuguese. If your Portuguese isn't up to snuff, click on "Translate this Page" for a rough but serviceable translation into English.

Renaissance Studies

• The Development of Scenic Spectacle in the 16th and 17th centuries. A project under the direction of Dr. Frank Mohler, sponsored in part by the USITT New Initiatives Fund.

• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture An introductory slide library, maintained by Professor C.W. Westfgall, University of Virginia School of Architecture. This is part of an excellent pictorial resource housed in the University of Virginia's Digital Media Center.
  
  ©Jack Wolcott 2004
  Last revised 12/07/04