The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the 5th century division of the Western Roman Empire and the barbarian invasions until the 16th century division of Christianity during the Protestant Reformation and the dispersal of Europeans worldwide in the start of the European overseas exploration. These various changes all mark the beginning of the Early Modern period that preceded the Industrial Revolution.
The Middle Ages are commonly referred to as the medieval period or simply medieval (sometimes spelled "mediaeval" or, historically, "mediæval").
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NetSERF: Medieval Literature by Author - Works organised by title and author, with links to collections of works.
A Glossarial DataBase of Middle English - Offers text based search of middle English literature.
Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485) - Works, biographies, essays and articles on featured authors. Also includes mystery and morality plays and Middle English lyrics.
Meta Description: [ Anthology of Middle English Literature, from Chaucer to Malory. Works, biographies, essays and articles on featured authors. Also includes mystery and morality plays and Middle English Lyrics. ]
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Baragona's Arthurian Legend - Resource site with bibliographies.
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Baragona's Medieval Drama - Resource site, with bibliography.
Corpus of M.E. Prose and Verse - Searchable Middle English texts at the University of Michigan.
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Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse Bibliography - Internet archive which includes such works as The Alliterative Morte Arthure and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in their original, Middle-English forms, with heavy annotations.
Database of Middle English - Searchable text of the Canterbury Tales.
Doomsday Gateway - Multimedia computer project on the fifteenth-century York mystery plays. Exploring and presenting evidence of performance practice.
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Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes - Complete online HTML text, extensively annotated.
Four Arthurian Romances by DeTroyes - A Project Gutenberg etext.
Gladly Lerne and Gladly Teche - Essays on various aspects of medieval studies, in honour of Professor Thomas J. Garbaty.
Medieval Institute Publications - Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Information on works and periodicals published.
Middle English Dictionary - Ongoing project offering analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500.
Middle English Plays - Texts of plays, articles and resources from The Luminarium.
Sir Gowther - Analysis of the Middle English Breton lay.
The Labyrinth - Resources for medieval studies, including original texts of literary works.
The Middle English Collection - Online texts at the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville - The Project Gutenberg etext.
Welsh Authors - Medieval Texts - Drop-down author/title list, Welsh language help and texts.
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