British Library Manuscripts

The British Library have recently digitised 93 manuscripts associated with medieval women as part of their Medieval and Renaissance Women project. https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/03/medieval-and-renaissance-women-full-list-of-the-manuscripts.html  

They also digitised a number of seals, which can be useful as contemporary descriptions of women and power: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/05/medieval-and-renaissance-women-full-list-of-the-charters.html 

Additionally this blog post by Alixe Bovey uses several of the manuscripts to outline the experience of women in medieval society: https://www.bl.uk/the-middle-ages/articles/women-in-medieval-society  

Early Women Writers    

An online database of medieval women writers (500-1500) with short biographies and links to editions. https://www.earlywomenwriters.com  

Epistolæ: Medieval Women’s Letters 

Collection of Latin letters written by or to women (4th-13th centuries) with accompanying English translation and a note on context. https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/  

Eurodocs

Links to various primary sources, focused primarily on Europe. https://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Medieval_and_Renaissance_Europe:_Primary_Documents

Florilegium Urbanum 

A collection of sources relating to medieval urban life. A section specifically dedicated to sources on women is still in progress: http://users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/flor00.html  

Fordham University Internet Medieval Sourcebook  

Range of online medieval texts, selected collection of sources on women: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook1v.asp    

Global Medieval Sourcebook   

Provides access to a wide variety of digitised medieval sources with translations and accompanying materials. http://sourcebook.stanford.edu/  

Monastic Matrix 

A database of sources for the study of medieval Christian religious women. https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/monasticmatrix/  

St Albans Psalter 

A website devoted to a psalter (a type of prayerbook) which belonged to Christina of Markyate, an eleventh-century anchoress. https://www.albani-psalter.de/stalbanspsalter/english/index.shtml 

Feminae 

A searchable index and bibliography of books and articles on medieval women. http://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/Default.aspx 

Books of Duchesses: Mapping Women Book Owners, 1350-1550 

A project seeking to trace instances of female book ownership. Includes an interactive map. https://booksofduchesses.com/  

Franciscan Women: History and Culture  

An online database of biographical entries of women in the Franciscan order (13th to 18thC). http://franwomen.sbu.edu/  

Mapping the Medieval Woman 

An interactive map of medieval Paris highlighting places associated with women. https://mappingthemedievalwoman.com/  

Wars of the Roses 

Educational website built by the Richard III Society, aimed at teachers and students. https://www.warsoftheroses.com/

Christine de Pizan Digital Scriptorium    

Christine de Pizan was a prolific late medieval poet and writer, who challenged the misogynistic thought of her time. This project has digitised various manuscripts authored by Christine. https://dlmm.library.jhu.edu/en/christine-de-pizan-digital-scriptorium/.

Making of the Queen’s manuscript   

Alternatively there is also a focused case study on the Making of the Queen’s manuscript, which was a manuscript collection of Christine de Pizan’s works, compiled by Christine herself and presented to Isabel, queen of France in 1414. http://www.pizan.lib.ed.ac.uk/   

International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies   

A website devoted to the life and works of the medieval polymath, Hildegard von Bingen. Helpful FAQ with responses to common questions. https://www.hildegard-society.org/p/home.html

International Joan of Arc Society  

Includes a range of online sources concerning Joan. http://www.joanofarcsociety.org/  

Licoricia of Winchester  

A project dedicated to teaching about Licoricia of Winchester, a prominent thirteenth-century Jewish woman. https://licoricia.org/  

Mapping Margery Kempe 

A TEAMS edition of the Book of Margery Kempe with accompanying glossary to explain parts of the text. https://college.holycross.edu/projects/kempe/text/main.htm  

British Library Manuscripts

Lesson resource for KS3 https://www.bl.uk/teaching-resources/middle-ages-women 

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