Project Status: Ongoing

Searchable bibliography/index of articles in over 500 journals, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the middle ages published from c.1990 onwards. Excludes books by a single author (e.g., monographs). Many items include  brief annotations. Some images also indexed. Provides links to other resources on medieval women and gender (including masculinity and homosexuality).

 

Resource details:

Resource Type: BibliographyImagesSearchable Bibliography

License: No Fee

Modern Language: EnglishFrenchGermanItalianSpanish

Medieval content details:

Dates: 450 - 1500

Extends coverage of Russia to 1613

Subject: AgricultureAnticlericalismApocalypticismArchaeologyArtAsiatic NomadsByzantiumCarolingiansChivalryChristologyChurch FathersCivil LawClergyConfession, PenanceConversionCourtly LoveCrafts, IndustryCrimeCrusadesDeath, BurialEarly English StudiesEarly Germanic PeoplesEconomyEducation, UniversitiesFamily, Children, MarriageFood and DrinkGenderGovernmentGuilds, LaborHeresyHereticalHistoryHistoryJews, JudaismLawLayMagic, WitchcraftManuscript StudiesMariologyMaterial CultureMedicineMendicantsMonasticismMonksMoral, EthicsMusicMuslims, IslamMysticismNobility, GentryNunsPapacyPeasantsPietyPlague, DiseasePoverty, CharityPriests, Bishops, CanonsRecreation, EntertainmentReligion - Institutional ChurchReligious LawRevoltRoyalty, MonarchsSaintsSealsSex, SexualitySlaverySocial GroupsTheologyTowns, CitiesTradeTravel, PilgrimageVikingsWarWomenWomen Religious

Geopolitical Region: AfricaAlgeriaArmeniaAsia, East and SouthAustriaBalkansBelgiumBohemiaBritish Isles and IrelandBulgariaByzantiumCreteCroatiaCrusader StatesDenmarkEastern EuropeEgyptEnglandEuropeFinlandFlandersFranceGerman LandsGermanyGreeceHollandHoly Roman EmpireHungaryIberian PeninsulaIcelandIrelandItalyLithuania, EstoniaLow CountriesMiddle EastNetherlandsNorth Africa/MaghrebNorwayPalestinePersiaPolandPortugalPrussiaRussiaScandinaviaScotlandSerbiaSicilySloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTunisiaTurkeyUkraineWales

The geographic area is Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East as well as areas in which Europeans travelled.

Most indexed items are in English, but also indexes many foreign-language journals (particularly in Europe).

Medieval Creators: Marie de FranceHildegard of BingenBrunhild

Site includes scholarly works about all known medieval female authors/creators and male authors who wrote about women or gender.