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To celebrate the 2025 International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, UK, we have brought together some key resources on the special thematic strand, ‘World of Learning’.
Bloomsbury Medieval Studies is dedicated to opening up the medieval world for scholars, instructors and researchers of this fascinating field of study, offering a carefully curated collection of just a few of the valuable resources from across the platform designed to support teaching and learning. From digitized primary sources, an exclusive global Encyclopedia, and secondary analysis, to specially commissioned teaching and learning tools, and exclusive audio recordings of Medieval literature, let Bloomsbury Medieval Studies enhance your studies.
Enrich your course building or expand your own research with the dedicated teaching and learning resources gathered together here.
Bloomsbury Medieval Studies provides access to a range of pedagogical teaching and learning tools, all written by expert scholars exclusively for the platform. The resources are designed to introduce students to key subject areas, support instructors to bolster their courses, and serve as jumping-off points for further research. The Lesson Plans help to support teaching and individual learning with links to additional reading, discussion topics, and homework assignments across a range of key topics, such as women and gender, medicine, the Islamic golden age, the Byzantine Empire, the Medieval Mediterranean and much more. The plans can also be used as navigational tools to assist users make the most of the variety of content available on the site.
➜ Read the full list of Lesson Plans now.
Bloomsbury Medieval Studies offers an exclusive series of Introductory Articles covering key subject areas within Medieval Studies from a global perspective to support students new to the field, and provide instructors with useful resources that they can utilize to globalize and expand their curriculum. Each article offers a comparative overview of important topics, outlining the key events, figures, scholarship, and areas of debate, alongside a thorough bibliography of key reading to support further studies. Topics include race in the European Middle Ages, African Kingdoms, the Crusades, Medieval music, medieval climate and environmental histories, the Knights Templar, Old Norse-Icelandic palaeography, and more.
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Written and peer-reviewed by expert scholars in their field, this growing series of primary source commentary articles is designed to bridge the gap between primary and secondary content, and introduce students to the digitized manuscripts, maps and incunabula available on the platform. Each article accompanies one of the medieval primary sources, providing a historical commentary with a description and analysis of the source as an object and an exploration of the different disciplinary approaches through which it can be studied. Works include The Malleus Maleficarum, The Ramsey Abbey Map, The Vision of Piers Plowman, Francesco Petrarca’s Trionfi E Canzoniere, and many more key Medieval texts.
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Explore high-resolution digitisations of works from some of the most important Medieval writers, from Chaucer and Petrarch, to Langland and Boethius. Covering themes of magic, astronomy, philosophy and more, these illustrated manuscripts and incunabula enable students and instructors to discover each page in exquisite detail and draw informed conclusions about the text. These invaluable texts sit alongside a collection of digitised 12th-15th century maps from the British Library. The digitized editions of works by Matthew Paris, Ranulf Higden, Bartholomaeus Anglicus and more, allow users to explore how contemporary cartographers understood the Medieval world.
➜ Explore the full collection of Maps and Manuscripts.
Medieval Literature Aloud: Chaucer Studio Audio Collection is an unrivalled learning resource for scholars and students of Medieval literature that provides exclusive access to audio recordings of key works read aloud by leading experts, alongside a curated selection of scholarly eBooks. From Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, to Le Morte d’Arthur and Piers Plowman, this unique collection includes full recordings of the most commonly studied core texts on Medieval literature and language courses making it an invaluable resource to support users seeking to hone their pronunciation, and enhance their understanding of the original cultural contexts within which these vital works of literature would have been performed and experienced.
➜ Explore the full list of recordings.
Since it was founded in 1870, The Met’s treasury of rare and beautiful objects has provided a means of understanding art and objects across times and cultures. Over 1000 select images from the Met’s collection have been included in Bloomsbury Medieval Studies, providing context for Medieval History across the globe. With content ranging from 4th to the 15th century, the Met image collection compliments academic research and allows for a more well-rounded and inclusive understanding of medieval history. From chalices and tunics, to scrolls and swords, the carefully chosen Met images illustrate the life and history of the Medieval world.
➜ Explore these fascinating objects.
The Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages is an exclusive reference work commissioned for the Bloomsbury Medieval Studies platform. It takes an inclusive approach to the history of the middle ages. It includes overviews based on specific regional areas as well as thematic overviews of key concepts within their global contexts, while Case study articles provide deep dives into how these broader themes can be explored through specific, global examples. The encyclopedia aims to provide readers with scholarly articles by global contributors and specialists in all things Medieval, to bring the Medieval world alive and present how, as today, diversity and connection competed with isolation and conflict during this significant era in global history.
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Bloomsbury Medieval Studies features hundreds of eBooks hand chosen by our Editorial Advisory Board, including scholarly monographs, companions and primary texts from Bloomsbury and a range of top publishers in the field of Medieval Studies, including IB Tauris, ABC-Clio, Arc Humanities Press (including the ‘Past Imperfect’ series) and Amsterdam University Press. These books are fully indexed and cross searchable by keyword using our custom taxonomy. The collection brings the global middle ages to life and enhances academic research with a unique, interdisciplinary combination of primary material and secondary scholarship.
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With a focus on the global history of the middle ages, the Medieval World Reference Library provides students and instructors with accessible, expert reference works covering a rich breadth of subject areas. From Medieval life and culture, and a history of the Vikings, to Medieval literature, and the rise and fall of the Medieval world, this collection is an invaluable go to resource for scholars of the global middle ages. The collection expands beyond the traditional western focus to provide an in depth look at life across the medieval world from a truly global perspective, providing students and scholars with a unique resource to globalise their curriculum and enrich their independent research.
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